isolation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˌɑe̯səˈlæɪ̯ʃən] (New-Zealand)
- [ˈʔaɪ-] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌɑesəˈlæɪʃən/ (Australia)
- (Texas) audio
- (London) audio
- /ˌaɪsəˈlæɪʃən/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
First attested in 1800. From French isolation, from isolé, placed on an island (thus away from other people). Equivalent to isolate + -ion.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.
She lived her final year in complete isolation, not wanting to see anybody.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of isolating.
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(countable, of a country, uncountable) The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or all other countries, or with specified other countries).
Israel could offer to ease North Korea’s isolation with diplomatic recognition, […] ¶ […] But Washington’s strategy of increasing North Korean isolation left no room for back-channel talks with Tel Aviv, […]
September 1993, Jon Brook Wolfsthal, “The Israeli initiative”, in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, volume 49, number 7, page 8:As of 1975, diplomatic ostracism is still imposed by the Organization of American States (OAS). The inter-American community also exercises a trade embargo against Cuba. But even within this context of hemispheric isolation, Havana’s diplomacy is strikingly contradictory.
1975, W. Raymond Duncan, “Problems of Cuban Foreign Policy, chapter 20”, in Irving Louis Horowitz, editor, Cuban Communism, 5th edition, Transaction, published 1985, page 486:It [Europe] now pressed Washington to begin direct talks with Tehran, but Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, Rice’s point man on Iran, still stressed that diplomatic isolation of Iran—and not diplomatic engagement—was the only acceptable approach for dealing with the Iranian nuclear challenge.
2009, Dore Gold, The Rise of Nuclear Iran: How Tehran Defies the West, Regnery Publishing, →ISBN, page 49:
- (countable, uncountable) The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture
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(countable, uncountable) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others (compare: quarantine)
Upon returning from the field, he went into isolation for a week so as not to infect anyone with potential diseases.
- (countable, uncountable) A database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible to other concurrent transactions.
- (countable, uncountable) A Freudian defense mechanism in which a person suppresses a harmful thought from developing into a train of thought.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| isolations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
isolation pay · isolational · isolation transformer · reduced isolation · immunoisolation · self-isolation · deisolation · base isolation · optoisolation · isolationship · isolationary · preisolation · microisolation · in isolation · isolation play · reisolation · sound isolation · managed isolation · matrix isolation · postisolation · isolation tank · coisolation · isolationism · isolationist · isolationistic
Relateds
insulate · isolate · insulation · isolatedness
Synonyms
onehead · seclusion · onlyhood · seclusion · solitude · oneship · aloneness · onliness · loneliness · solitariness · isolation · loneness · aloneness
Translations (121)
sl izolacija (state of being isolated) · ja 孤立 (state of being isolated) · ko 고립 (state of being isolated) · ca isolació (act of isolating) · ca aïllament (state of being isolated) · ro izolare (state of being isolated) · km ឯកោអនាថា (diplomacy: state of not having diplomatic relations) · lt atskyrimas (state of being isolated) · hu elvonultság (state of being isolated) · pt isolação (act of isolating) · pl izolacja (medicine: separation of a patient from others) · ru обособле́ние (state of being isolated) · it isolamento (diplomacy: state of not having diplomatic relations) · nb isolasjon (state of being isolated) · hu elkülönültség (state of being isolated) · pt isolação (state of being isolated) · hy մեկուս (act of isolating) · it isolamento (state of being isolated) · lb Isolatioun (state of being isolated) · bg каранти́на (medicine: separation of a patient from others) · hy մեկ (diplomacy: state of not having diplomatic relations) · bg изоли́ране (act of isolating) · sv isolering (medicine: separation of a patient from others) · fi eristäminen (medicine: separation of a patient from others) · sv isolering (act of isolating) · sv isolering (state of being isolated) · hu elszigetelés (act of isolating) · fr isolement (medicine: separation of a patient from others) · el απονόνωση (chemistry: separation of a component from a mixture) · da isolation (state of being isolated) · ru изоля́ция (state of being isolated) · ru затво́рничество (state of being isolated) · fi eristys (state of being isolated) · et isolatsioon (state of being isolated) · es aislamiento (state of being isolated) · io eskarteso (state of being isolated) · hu elkülönítő (medicine: separation of a patient from others) · es aislamiento (act of isolating) · fr isolement (state of being isolated) · el απομόνωση (medicine: separation of a patient from others) · fi eristäminen (chemistry: separation of a component from a mixture) · cs izolace (state of being isolated) · fi eristyneisyys (state of being isolated) · bg изоли́ране (chemistry: separation of a component from a mixture) · ar تَوَحُّد (state of being isolated) · hu izoláció (act of isolating) · fi eristyneisyys (diplomacy: state of not having diplomatic relations) · nb isolering (state of being isolated) · ko 격리 (state of being isolated) · hy մեկուսացում (state of being isolated) · sh ȍsama (state of being isolated) · hu elkülönítés (act of isolating) · mi mohoaotanga (state of being isolated) · pt isolamento (act of isolating) · pl izolacja (act of isolating) · ga leithlis (state of being isolated) · ru изоля́ция (chemistry: separation of a component from a mixture) · fr isolation (act of isolating) · el απομόνωση (act of isolating) · eo izoliteco (state of being isolated) · ms pengasingan (act of isolating) · de Isolation (state of being isolated) · ko 분리 (state of being isolated) · hu elszigetelődés (state of being isolated) · kk оқшаулама (act of isolating) · es aislación (act of isolating) · hu izoláció (state of being isolated) · cmn 隔斷 /隔断 (state of being isolated) · fo avbyrging (state of being isolated) · de Isolierung (state of being isolated) · be ізаля́цыя (state of being isolated) · ga leithlisiú (act of isolating) · ru изоля́ция (diplomacy: state of not having diplomatic relations) · kk оқшаулама (chemistry: separation of a component from a mixture) · pt isolamento (computing: visibility of concurrent transactions) · fa انزوا (state of being isolated) · el απομόνωση (state of being isolated) · lv izolācija (state of being isolated) · lv atšķirtība (state of being isolated) · es soledad (state of being isolated) · sh изола́ција (state of being isolated) · fi eristäminen (act of isolating) · sh о̏сама (state of being isolated) · ms isolasi (act of isolating) · is einangrun (state of being isolated) · mi noho taratahi (medicine: separation of a patient from others) · ms pengasingan (chemistry: separation of a component from a mixture) · nn isolering (state of being isolated) · pt isolamento (diplomacy: state of not having diplomatic relations) · tr izole etmek izole olmak (state of being isolated) · ca isolament (state of being isolated) · nl isolatie (state of being isolated) · pt isolamento (chemistry: separation of a component from a mixture) · hu elkülönülés (state of being isolated) · pl izolacja (state of being isolated) · nn isolasjon (state of being isolated) · ru изоля́ция (act of isolating) · sq izolim (state of being isolated) · bg отде́ляне (chemistry: separation of a component from a mixture) · tk izolýasiýa (state of being isolated) · sk izolácia (state of being isolated) · km ភាពឯកោ (state of being isolated) · mi taratahitanga (state of being isolated) · fi eristys (medicine: separation of a patient from others) · ja 分離 (state of being isolated) · sh izolácija (state of being isolated) · tr izolasyon (act of isolating) · ka იზოლაცია (state of being isolated) · pt isolamento (state of being isolated) · ja 隔離 (state of being isolated) · el καραντίνα (medicine: separation of a patient from others) · lt izoliacija (state of being isolated) · fr isolement (diplomacy: state of not having diplomatic relations) · ga iargúltacht (state of being isolated) · pt isolamento (medicine: separation of a patient from others) · cmn 隔離 /隔离 (state of being isolated) · pl odosobnienie (state of being isolated) · bg изола́ция (state of being isolated) · fr isolement (act of isolating) · mk изолација (state of being isolated) · uk ізоля́ція (state of being isolated)