Synonyms of the word

purdah

• n. A curtain, especially as used to conceal and divide women from men and strangers in some Hindu or Muslim…
• n. (rare) A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
• n. A long veil, or other all-enveloping clothing, worn by women in some Muslim societies.
• n. The state or system of social gender seclusion in some Muslim or Hindu communities.
• n. (Britain politics) The time between the announcement and holding of an election, during which any governmental…
• n. (Britain politics) The period after plans have been prepared but before the Chancellor of the Exchequer's…

isolation

• n. (chiefly uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated.
• n. The state of being away from other people.
• n. The act of isolating.
• n. (diplomacy, of a country) The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with…
• n. (chemistry) The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture.
• n. (medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others.
• n. (databases) a database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible…

screen

• n. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
• n. A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing…
• n. The informational viewing area of electronic output devices; the result of the output.
• n. The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
• n. One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
• n. (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
• n. (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects.
• n. (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball…
• n. (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by…
• n. (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame…
• n. (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's…
• n. (architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection,…
• n. (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
• v. To filter by passing through a screen.
• v. To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
• v. (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
• v. To fit with a screen.
• v. To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility…
• v. To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds…

segregation

• n. The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people…
• n. (biology) The Mendelian Law of Segregation related to genetic transmission or geographical segregation…
• n. (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive…
• n. (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public…
• n. (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit,…

separatism

• n. A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other…
• n. The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically…

solitude

• n. Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.
• n. A lonely or deserted place.