enclavement
- noun
- /ˈɛŋkleɪvmənt/
- The enclavement of the small community within the larger city has created a unique culture that thrives away from outside influences.
Examples
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Due to its geographic enclavement, the village has maintained traditional practices that are rarely seen in more urban areas.
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The government's decision to enforce the enclavement of certain neighborhoods has led to increased isolation and limited opportunities for the residents.
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As I have suggested already, the enclavement of ads' mappurondo was also the "hidden" yet determining factor in my choice of field site and field project.
Academic text (1993) -
It is, after all, well established that those who hunt and gather in this part of the world are affected in diverse ways by their long-term enclavement and close ties with food-producing peoples.
Academic text (1993) -
So far, I have tried to chart some of the social and historical relations that led to the enclavement of Ada ' Mappurondo, and have tried to suggest some of the motives and consequences such enclavement implies for insiders and outsiders, including myself.
Academic text (1993) -
So far, I have tried to chart some of the social and historical relations that led to the enclavement of Ada ' Mappurondo, and have tried to suggest some of the motives and consequences such enclavement implies for insiders and outsiders, including myself.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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3.7
A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally
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6.5
A state of being private and away from other people
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6.6
A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life
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5.3
The act of separating people or things into different groups, often by law
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9.4
Being separate from other places and having a narrow view of the world
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4.4
Closing off an area by surrounding it with a fence or barrier
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8.9
Making a group or area separate from others and making it poorer and less powerful
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6.7
A state of being separate from other people
A way of thinking that keeps a country apart and closed to outside ideas
Antonyms
How Isolated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enclavement comes from old parts en- 'in' and clavis 'key', so you can think of a place as being like a room 'locked in' by a key. That's why enclavement means being 'closed off' or 'surrounded' inside another area.