isolation
noun
iso·la·tion
ˌī-sə-ˈlā-shən 
also ˌi-
Examples of isolation in a Sentence
the isolation of the mountain community
after the long book tour, the author looked forward to the isolation of his office
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Believed to have lived in isolation for thousands of years, the tribe has fiercely protected its independence, often meeting outsiders with hostility.
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This genetic isolation, the authors of the study reasoned, suggested the region likely wasn’t a migration corridor that linked sub-Saharan Africa to Northern Africa despite the Sahara’s hospitable conditions at the time.
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Working too much can lead to feelings of isolation.
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After hundreds of millions of years of isolation from each other, North and South America were once again pushed close enough by continental drift to allow living things to venture from one landmass to the other.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
This genetic isolation, the authors of the study reasoned, suggested the region likely wasn’t a migration corridor that linked sub-Saharan Africa to Northern Africa despite the Sahara’s hospitable conditions at the time.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Working too much can lead to feelings of isolation.
—Jackie Nance-Sons, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
After hundreds of millions of years of isolation from each other, North and South America were once again pushed close enough by continental drift to allow living things to venture from one landmass to the other.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for isolation
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“Isolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/isolation. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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isolation
noun
iso·la·tion
ˌī-sə-ˈlā-shən
also ˌis-ə-
1
: the act of isolating : the condition of being isolated
2
: separation of a population of living things from related forms in such a manner as to prevent crossbreeding
Medical Definition
isolation
noun
iso·la·tion
ˌī-sə-ˈlā-shən
1
2
: a segregation of a group of organisms from related forms in such a manner as to prevent crossing
3
: a psychological defense mechanism consisting of the separating of ideas or memories from the emotions connected with them
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