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nounthe act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
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nouna country's withdrawal from international politics
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nouna feeling of being disliked and alonetype of:
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nouna state of separation between persons or groupstype of:
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noun(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
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defense privacy loneliness defence separation solitude secrecy isolate quarantine detachment insulation alienation concealment estrangement nonparticipation purdah solitariness closing off non-involvement non-engagement disaffection anomie anomy insularism insularity privateness defence reaction defense mechanism defence mechanism defense reaction