Inmatehood

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of an inmate. rare, uncountable

    "Prisons and mental hospitals show certain fundamental similarities in organizational structure, in goals, and in the nature of "inmatehood.""

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inmatecyinmatecy

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"Prisons and mental hospitals show certain fundamental similarities in organizational structure, in goals, and in the nature of "inmatehood.""

Etymology

From inmate + -hood.

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