self-isolation

noun

Voluntary isolation from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease.

Similar
self-quarantine
First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounself-isolation (countable and uncountable, plural self-isolations)

plural self-isolations

  1. countableuncountableepidemiologyVoluntary isolation from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease.First known use 19th c.

    Synonyms: self-quarantine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounVoluntary isolation from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease.

Similar
self-quarantine
Also see
self-quarantine

Origin

From self- + isolation.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 自我隔離 /自我隔离
  • 自我隔離 /自我隔离 (zìwǒ gélí)voluntary isolation
Danish selvisolation
  • selvisolationvoluntary isolation
Finnish omaehtoinen eristys
  • omaehtoinen eristysvoluntary isolation
German Selbstisolation
  • Selbstisolationvoluntary isolation
Greek αυτοαπομόνωση
  • αυτοαπομόνωση (aftoapomónosi)voluntary isolation
Indonesian isolasi mandiri
  • isolasi mandirivoluntary isolation
Italian autoisolamento
  • autoisolamentovoluntary isolation
Polish samoizolacja
  • samoizolacjavoluntary isolation
Romanian autoizolare
  • autoizolarevoluntary isolation
Russian самоизоляция
  • самоизоляция (samoizoljacija)voluntary isolation
Swedish självisolering
  • självisoleringvoluntary isolation
Welsh hunanynysu
  • hunanynysuvoluntary isolation
Cite this entry
APA

self-isolation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-isolation

MLA

“self-isolation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-isolation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-isolation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-isolation.

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