Prisonerlike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a prisoner.

    "As is revealed in her dream, she needs to be saved from the repressed, prisonerlike existence she endures at the top of the pillar..."

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"As is revealed in her dream, she needs to be saved from the repressed, prisonerlike existence she endures at the top of the pillar..."

Etymology

From prisoner + -like.

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