in a vacuum

In total isolation; having no interaction with or connection to other people, places, or actions. Your actions don't occur in a vacuum; they affect everyone else here, too! Being in such a remote, rural town can sometimes feel like living in a vacuum. Crippling anxiety like this doesn't just spring up in a vacuum. I think something traumatic happened to this little girl over the summer.

do something in a ˈvacuum

do something alone or separately from other people, events, etc., especially when there should be a connection: No novel is written in a vacuum. There are always influences from past writers.

do something in a vacuum

in a vacuum

do something in a ˈvacuum