isolative

isolative

(ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪv; ˈaɪsələtɪv)
adj
1. (Linguistics) (of a sound change) occurring in all linguistic environments, as the change of Middle English /iː/ to Modern English /aɪ/, as in time. Compare combinative2
2. of, relating to, or concerned with isolation
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610) calls attention to the fact that experiments have manipulative, representative and isolative analogies with models and notes that, at least at the beginning of a research program, relatively simple experiments that instantiate the isolative assumptions of their simple modelling counterparts tend to be used.
Foley: Signs of emotional distress for children that exceed a typical stress reaction would include significant changes in behavior such as mood swings, increases in irritability, changes in sleep patterns, changes in appetite, losses of interest in fun activities, withdrawn or isolative behaviors, or self-injurious behavior.
H admits that while there he didn't fit in and felt like an outcast, in part because he didn't come from the level of wealth of his classmates, and because having ADHD left him isolative and avoidant.
In essence, the world of the narcissist is cold and isolative. Throughout their experience, their shame and abandonment get reinforced.
The aim is to avoid recreating a stigmatizing or isolative experience for the client in the counseling room.
"I do feel that ASEAN countries have a moral and legal duty to fully and strictly enforce all UNSC resolutions against North Korea, and thus they should implement all economically and strategically isolative U.N.
In addition, injection of normal saline (100-500 ml) into the regions surrounding the liver, close to the top of the diaphragm, gastrointestinal tract, and gallbladder will not only attenuate pain, but also achieve isolative effect, which may assure tolerance to long ablation, avoid damage to the surrounding abdominal wall, diaphragm, gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, and right kidney, and reduce postoperative complications.[33] If fluid fails to be retained in effective spaces in the body, it flows into the abdominal cavity and therefore cannot play a role in isolation.
Both reported that she had been increasingly depressed for the past seven months during which she was increasingly isolative, believing devils wanted to harm her, and hearing derogatory voices telling her to kill herself.
(7) Similarly, a person with PBA would probably not have the isolative, amotivational, or sleep-disordered symptoms associated more with depression or the overenergized obsessive behaviors of manic episodes in bipolar disorder.
(34) During his childhood, he was isolative, with clear social awkwardness with both adults and peers, and was frequently bullied.