the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others | the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity |
a country's withdrawal from international politics | the state of being isolated or detached |
a feeling of being disliked and alone | insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity |
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it | |
a state of separation between persons or groups | |