Synonym: closing off. Similar words: violation, isolate, isolated, relation, inflation, population, revelation, regulation. Meaning: [‚aɪsə'leɪʃn] n. 1. a state of separation between persons or groups 2. the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others 3. a feeling of being disliked and alone 4. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it 5. a country's withdrawal from international politics.
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(61) Then three years ago, she lost her hearing and seemed destined for a life of isolation before she underwent the operation.
(62) Each frame of reference is constructed largely through cultural influences. Broadly speaking there are four possible approaches: Isolation.
(63) Kim Il Sung also found the dialogue with the South to be beneficial, especially in breaking out of his diplomatic isolation.
(64) Moreover, when words are spoken in continuous speech they often sound different from when spoken in isolation.
(65) The isolation or bunching together of such pupils only provides them with poor role models and intensive interaction with other disturbed children.
(66) Often the first separation was literal, through hospital isolation and quarantine, practices firmly established during the 1916 polio epidemic.
(67) Increased integration of the patient and carers is encouraged, combatting the isolation which has frequently preceded referral.
(68) Whilst matrix isolation attempts to reproduce this situation, the target molecules are in intimate contact with the matrix material.
(69) Economic sanctions, the cultural and sporting boycotts, and diplomatic isolation must be maintained and intensified.
(70) Their ruthless pursuit of Navajos in the 1860s led to isolation of a small band, which interbred, risking genetic disorders.
(71) Shore actually plays the smarter of two dimwits who mistakenly lock themselves in a Biosphere-type isolation experiment.
(72) This isolation, of course, affects their family just as much.
(73) Transformer coupling of the source and/or detector to the Wheatstone network is often adopted to match impedance levels or for isolation purposes.
(74) Most policemen felt beleaguered and misunderstood, their isolation further deepened by criticism from politicians and the media.
(75) As this isolation ends the possibility arises of a fully global economy.
(76) Frequently many rural communities are faced with more than their physical and geographical isolation.
(77) This ancient placental family coexisted with the marsupials from the early days of the continent's isolation.
(78) Of course, his own eminence contributed to his isolation, but he also chose solitude as his appropriate fate.
(79) All this existed in a state of nearly complete, if splendid, isolation.
(80) She does not work in isolation, and poor records will deprive others involved in teaching of vital information about the student.
(81) Bored in the isolation of his taxi, curiosity and perhaps hunger got the better of him.
(82) One process which has certainly been important is geographical isolation.
(83) These measures can not be seen in isolation as they interact with each other.
(84) Most agreed the experience had dented their confidence and morale, leaving lasting memories of isolation and frustration.
(85) Our isolation cancelled by the Saviour's action, embracing as he did both tomb and hill.
(86) Information can be automatically kept up to date, and will allow individuals to co-operate on projects instead of beavering away in isolation.
(87) The lack of clear leadership was underlined by the increasing isolation of Nicholas himself.
(88) It was a simple drawing of a square tower, standing in splendid isolation like an accusing finger pointing at the sky.
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(89) Other techniques may also be used, both in isolation and in various combinations.
(90) Fault Diagnosis/Isolation: Aircraft have become ever more sophisticated, integrating many technologies within a single airframe.
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