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internal exiles

internal exiles is the plural of internal exile.

Meaning of internal exile

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

Questions about internal exiles

What is internal exiles the plural of?
Internal exiles is the plural of internal exile.

Words near internal exiles in the dictionary

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

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