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Cordon sanitaire

//ˌkɔːdɒn sanɪˈtɛː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease.

    "In accordance with their recommendation, the French Ministry drew a cordon sanitaire round the Spanish frontier. The plague gradually died away with the colder weather of the winter; but the French Ministry did not withdraw the troops who composed the cordon sanitaire."

  2. 2
    Any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable. broadly

    "The alternative for such a policy was the isolation of Russia and the construction of a cordon sanitaire, in order to contain Bolshevism in the present area."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French cordon sanitaire.

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