(n.) The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.

Jim Crow X ray abstraction alien alienation aloneness aloofness anonymity apartheid apartness autism autistic thinking avoidance mechanism blame-shifting blood bank celibacy charity ward clinic closed meeting color bar compensation confidentiality confidentialness consultation room cordon cordon sanitaire cordoning off decompensation defense mechanism delivery room dereism dereistic thinking detachment disarticulation disassociation disconnectedness disconnection discontinuity disengagement disjointing disjunction dislocation dispensary displacement dissociation disunion division divorce divorcement emergency emotional insulation escape escape into fantasy escape mechanism escapism ethnocentrism examining room exclusiveness executive session fantasizing fantasy fever ward flight foreigner hospital room incognito incoherence insularity insulation intensive care isolationism keeping apart know-nothingism labor room laboratory loneliness loneness lonesomeness luxation maternity ward moving apart narrowness negativism nursery operating room out-group outcast outsider overcompensation parochialism parting partition persona non grata pharmacy prison ward privacy private conference private room privatism privatization projection psychotaxis quarantine quarantine flag race hatred racial segregation rationalization recess reclusion recovery room removal resistance retirement retreat rustication sanitary cordon seclusion secrecy segmentation segregation semi-private room separateness separation separatism sequestration single blessedness snobbishness sociological adjustive reactions solitariness solitude splendid isolation stranger subdivision sublimation substitution subtraction surgery therapy tightness treatment room ward wish-fulfillment fantasy wishful thinking withdrawal xenophobia yellow flag yellow jack zoning