internment
15
8.6
- noun
- /ɪnˈtɜrnmənt/
:
internamiento
- In his late teens, he found himself in an internment camp in Canada.
- Japanese internment
- internment camp
- internment of Japanese Americans
Every dictator, every internment camp, every World War in human history was funded by Fiat currency, right?
- Every dictator, every internment camp, every World War in human history was funded by Fiat currency, right?
- But that survival school turns into your, you know, advanced beatings or your POW internment school or whatever they're calling it.
- You know, they, they could, they could have gone after Roosevelt for the for the internment camps.
Examples
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This government has sanctioned internment in our names.
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After years of internment, the Army, in its wisdom, has decided to release those of Japanese ancestry who have proven loyal to the U.S.
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I know the story of the Japanese internment in Canada.
Academic text (2012) -
Some broke apart under the weight of internment, but many survived.
Academic text (2003) -
After I escaped from the internment camp, I hid out with them.
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Such an atmosphere made criticism of government actions regarding Japanese internment highly unlikely.
Academic text (1995) -
He had been responsible for the internment of Japanese prisoners during World War Two.
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Right before he ships off to war, he visits them at their new home, an internment camp in Minidoka, ID.
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Although many of our families were locked up in internment camps, we Japanese-Americans fought valiantly for our country in World War II.
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During World War II, many Japanese Americans faced internment in camps without trial.
Synonyms
155
3.9
A situation in which someone is kept and not allowed to leave, often by police until a decision is made
102
3.7
A state of being kept somewhere and not allowed to leave
88
4.0
Being kept in prison as a punishment by law
85
8.0
Being kept in prison as punishment
80
5.9
A state of being kept in a small closed space and unable to move freely
7
6.7
Being held by police or officials for a short time
Forcing people to move into and stay in camps during war
Antonyms
Compounds
10
7.6
A place where people are held under guard during war or for political reasons
How Confined
- Formal
15
4.7
- Formal
88
4.0
15
8.6
155
3.9
- Formal
49
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Internment comes from the root intern- which means 'inside', the same idea you see in the word internal. So to intern people is to put them 'inside' or under strict control, which is why internment means their confinement during war.