isolating

alienating

Causing emotional separation

• excludingLeaving something out
• ostracizingExcluding from a group
• shunningDeliberately avoiding someone

marginalizing · estranging · withdrawing · distancing · disconnecting · lonely · reclusive · antisocial · standoffish · aloof

solitary

Existing alone, apart

• quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
• detentionTemporary official holding
• imprisonmentLegal detention in jail

incarceration · seclusion · lockup · segregation · cell · cage · holding · custody · captivity · internment

introspective

Examining one's own mind

• contemplativeInclined to deep thought
• meditativeInclined toward deep reflection
• reflectiveCasting back light

withdrawn · retreating · cocooning · solitary · peaceful · tranquil · serene · quiet · silent · hermitic

morpheme

Smallest meaningful language unit

• affixWord-part modifier
• prefixRoot-modifying front element
• suffixWord-ending addition

infix · root · stem · derivation · inflection · parsing · segmenting · analyzing · breaking down · component

extracting

Pulling out from within

• separatingDividing into parts
• purifyingRemoving unwanted substances
• identifyingDetermining what something is

pinpointing · culturing · specimen · sample · variable · compound · pathogen · bacteria · virus · strain

quarantining

Restricting contact during illness

• containingHolding within limits
• infection controlPreventing pathogen transmission
• contagiousTransmissible between people

infectious · outbreak · epidemic · pandemic · transmission · contact tracing · incubation · symptomatic · asymptomatic · PPE

• organizingorganizing, categorizing, grouping, structuring, classifying
• linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
• livestock workherding dogs, cattle drives, shepherding, penning, gathering
• predationstalking, pursuit, pouncing, attack, killing
• mopingbrooding, sulking, wallowing, pouting, sighing
• separating methodsflour sifting, gold panning, winnowing, straining, screening