isolation.

Separation from other people, things or a wider system, whether physically, socially or functionally.

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Words that belong together

• social isolation
• isolation of a compartment

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Social isolation changed the character’s access to support without making her automatically unreliable.

Isolation of the compartment prevented the fault from directly affecting the rest of the system.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / sci-fi / gothic. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: hazard description, speculative setting, bodily condition, scene explanation. Disciplines: genre writing, science-informed description, clinical and safety vocabulary. Commonness: moderately common.