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transnational repression

transnational repression noun: political repression conducted by a state outside its borders.

Noun

transnational repression (countable and uncountable, plural transnational repressions)

  1. Political repression conducted by a state outside its borders.
    • Under the soon-to-be-enacted law, an individual is considered to have committed the offense of transnational repression if the person conspires to or commits certain crimes—including assault, harassment, stalking, causing an individual to leave or be confined in the United States, or retaliating...2025 May 27, The Epoch Times at Gan Jing World, Texas Gov. Abbott Signs Anti-Transnational Repression Law

Forms of transnational repression

pluraltransnational repressions

Origin of transnational repression

Coined by sociologist Dana M. Moss in 2016.

Questions about transnational repression

What does transnational repression mean?
Transnational repression means political repression conducted by a state outside its borders.
What part of speech is transnational repression?
Transnational repression is a noun.
What is the plural of transnational repression?
The plural of transnational repression is transnational repressions.

Words near transnational repression in the dictionary

  1. transnasally
  2. transnatal
  3. transnatation
  4. transnation
  5. transnational
  6. transnational repression
  7. transnationalism
  8. transnationalisms
  9. transnationalist
  10. transnationalities
  11. transnationality

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