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• n  a state of separation between persons or groups
• n  a feeling of being disliked and alone
• n  the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
• n  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
• n  a country's withdrawal from international politics
  he opposed a policy of American isolation

• In response to fallout over the well-documented cases of prisoner abuse which included prolonged isolation, sensory deprivation (visual and auditory), forced removal of .
• Yet isolation remained a problem.
• Social isolation has many well-documented side effects.

• closing off

News & Articles

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• Downtown business owners see decline in sales, share frustrations with Chaparral Street construction
  For those in business, it has been a tough few months with frustrations aimed at their isolation
  June 13, 2013 - Corpus Christi Caller-Times
• Touchmark opens Memory Care Wing for residents with dementia, similar conditions
  For people suffering from dementia and other cognitive issues, a comfortable environment is essential to maintaining quality of life and keeping fear, confusion and isolation at bay.
  June 13, 2013 - Helena Independent Record
• Ariel Castro is being held in isolation at the Cuyahoga County Jail
  Cuyahoga County Sheriff Frank Bova told reporters this morning that jail officials are checking on Ariel Castro every 10 minutes in his isolation cell.
  June 12, 2013 - The Sun Press

Quotes

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• Stephen Hadley in International Herald Tribune
  The bottom line is that for that strategy to succeed, the international community has to turn up the pressure on Iran with diplomatic isolation, United Nations sanctions and with other financial pressure,Hadley said. "And Iran has to...
• Sean McCormack in Washington Post
  McCormack added: "We hope the Iranian people understand that their leaders need to make a choice between cooperation, which would bring benefits to all, and confrontation, which can only led to further isolation."
• Barack Obama in CBC.ca
  There, as in the Middle East, we must understand that we cannot deal with our problems in isolation,Obama said.