the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others | a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers |
a country's withdrawal from international politics | the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded |
a feeling of being disliked and alone | a state of social isolation |
(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 | |