socially-isolated
Cut off socially
Socially-isolated describes someone cut off from regular human contact or community connection.
The term appears in clinical and policy contexts: socially-isolated elderly people, socially-isolated youth at risk for radicalization.
The hyphenated form typically functions as an adjective before a noun; without the hyphen, it works as a predicate: She became socially isolated after moving.
Person choosing total seclusion
- recluseOne choosing isolation
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
shut-in · agoraphobic · introverted · aloof · detached · private · reserved · standoffish
State of being alone
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- forlornSad and abandoned
- lonesomeSad from isolation
estranged · outcast · withdrawn · misunderstood · neglected · abandoned · disconnected · friendless
Enforced restriction on movement
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- confinementState of being restricted
- shelter-in-placeRemain indoors for safety
restricted · homebound · separated · distanced · cocooning · bubble · sequestered · house-arrest
Of the countryside
- telecommutingEmployment from afar
- homesteadingSelf-reliant land-based lifestyle
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- backcountrySparsely populated wilderness areas
hinterland · outpost · frontier · far-flung · unreachable · cut-off · inaccessible · dispersed
hermit
Person choosing total seclusion
cloistered · shut-in · agoraphobic · introverted · aloof · detached · private · reserved · standoffish · secluded
solitude
State of being alone
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- forlornSad and abandoned
lonesome · estranged · outcast · withdrawn · misunderstood · neglected · abandoned · disconnected · friendless · companionless
lockdown
Enforced restriction on movement
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- confinementState of being restricted
shelter-in-place · restricted · homebound · separated · distanced · cocooning · bubble · sequestered · house-arrest · cordon
rural
Of the countryside
- telecommutingEmployment from afar
- homesteadingSelf-reliant land-based lifestyle
- off-gridWithout utility connections
backcountry · hinterland · outpost · frontier · far-flung · unreachable · cut-off · inaccessible · dispersed · scattered
socially-isolatedwell-connected
Having influential contacts
networked · supported · integrated · embedded · popular
socially-isolatedgregarious
Fond of companionship
sociable · outgoing · extroverted · social · social butterfly
social, socially, society, societal, socialize, socialization, socialized, socializing, socialism