eristäminen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- containment noun The act or state of keeping something within limits, or the thing that has been kept in check.
- insulation noun Material used to reduce the passage of heat, cold, sound, or electricity.
- isolation noun The state of being separated or apart from others.
- lockdown noun A period in which people are required to stay in a confined place or area, usually for safety during an emergency.
- ostracism noun In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.
- sequestration noun The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
Senses
eristäminen is used for these senses in English:
- containment (uncountable, countable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
- isolation (medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others (compare: quarantine)
- lockdown The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
- ostracism Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
- sequestration The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
- silent treatment A form of social sanction that consists of ignoring a particular individual, neither speaking to that person nor responding to his or her words.
- solitary confinement Forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons, usually as a form of punishment for a prison inmate.
containment — full definition
- noun The act or state of keeping something within limits, or the thing that has been kept in check.
- noun (history/politics) A foreign policy strategy aimed at stopping a rival power from expanding its influence, notably US policy toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
- noun A protective structure built to stop dangerous or radioactive material from escaping, as in a nuclear plant.
insulation — full definition
- noun Material used to reduce the passage of heat, cold, sound, or electricity.
- noun The state or process of being protected or shielded from something.