reeducation camp
reeducation camp noun: a camp or prison where ideological dissidents undergo reeducation or indoctrination.
Noun
reeducation camp (plural reeducation camps)
- A camp or prison where ideological dissidents undergo reeducation or indoctrination.
- Although the Socialist Republic of Vietnam now encourages Vietnamese refugees to visit their native land, many refuse to do so, fearing that [...] they would be hustled off to reeducation camps to face starvation, over-work, and slow death.1989, James Freeman, Hearts of Sorrow: Vietnamese-American Lives, page 11
- A camp where people are rehabilitated to health, especially after injury.
- By degrees the seriously wounded were concentrated in this hospital, which remained open till 1919, and the discharged drafted to a Belgian reeducation camp in France.1922, “Women's War Work”, in Hugh Chisolm, editor, The Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 32, page 1064
Forms of reeducation camp
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Origin of reeducation camp
From reeducation + camp. First use appears c. 1935 in the Oakland Tribune.
Words that rhyme with reeducation camp
Questions about reeducation camp
- What does reeducation camp mean?
- Reeducation camp means a camp or prison where ideological dissidents undergo reeducation or indoctrination.
- What part of speech is reeducation camp?
- Reeducation camp is a noun.
- What is the plural of reeducation camp?
- The plural of reeducation camp is reeducation camps.
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