Set-apart in a sentence as an adjective

Living there taught me at least one thing that helps me deal with certain types of more fanatical or difficult people I meet and deal with on a near daily basis: Everyone wants to be part of a secret society or have some esoteric knowledge that makes them feel set-apart from the norm.

Set-apart definitions

adjective

being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"

See also: detached isolated separated