Internment

//ɪnˈtɝnmənt//

Synonyms for "internment" (11 found)

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Catalan

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  • internament noun (confinement within narrow limits to the interior of a country)

French

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  • internement noun (confinement within narrow limits to the interior of a country)

German

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  • Internierung noun (confinement within narrow limits to the interior of a country)

Irish

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  • imtheorannú noun (confinement within narrow limits to the interior of a country)

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The result was my internment in Villete.

Source: tatoeba (5156691)

No nation can fully understand itself or find its place in the world if it does not look with clear eyes at all the glories and disgraces, too, of the past. We, in the United States, acknowledge such an injustice in our own history: The internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry was a great injustice, and it will never be repeated.

Source: tatoeba (5815796)

Yes, these are unsettling times. And when the future is uncertain, there seems to be an instinct in our human nature to withdraw to the perceived comfort and security of our own tribe, our own sect, our own nationality, people who look like us, sound like us. But in today's world, more than any time in human history, that is a false comfort. It pits people against one another because of what they look or how they pray or who they love. And yet, we know where that kind of twisted thinking can lead. It can lead to oppression. It can lead to segregation and internment camps.

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Policies that favor criminalization and internment are promoted over support for social transformation and equity.

Source: wiktionary

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