set-apart

set-apart
adjective
being or feeling set or kept apart from others (Freq. 1)
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she felt detached from the group

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"could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson

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thought of herself as alone and separated from the others

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had a set-apart feeling

Syn: ↑detached, ↑isolated, ↑separated
Similar to: ↑separate

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