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internal exile

internal exile noun: banishment to a remote part of one's own country as a punishment or sanction.

Noun

internal exile (countable and uncountable, plural internal exiles)

  1. (uncountable) Banishment to a remote part of one's own country as a punishment or sanction.
    • The Government has said that all those sentenced to three months of internal exile and rehabilitation are ordinary criminals and that there is no political motive for the decision.1984 November 4, “Chile Sends 115 More Into Internal Exile”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (countable) A person thus banished.
  3. (figuratively, uncountable) A sense of alienation and uprootedness.
    • Unless this internal shift can be made, then not only the Russians but all of humanity will continue to languish in an internal exile.1995, David Patterson, Exile: The Sense of Alienation in Modern Russian Letters, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 117

Forms of internal exile

pluralinternal exiles

Questions about internal exile

What does internal exile mean?
Internal exile means banishment to a remote part of one's own country as a punishment or sanction.
What part of speech is internal exile?
Internal exile is a noun.
What is the plural of internal exile?
The plural of internal exile is internal exiles.

Words near internal exile in the dictionary

  1. internal ears
  2. internal energies
  3. internal energy
  4. internal exclusion
  5. internal exclusions
  6. internal exile
  7. internal exiles
  8. internal fertilization
  9. internal fertilizations
  10. internal genitalia
  11. internal iliac arteries

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