rehabilitation camp
- noun
- /ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən kæmp/
- Offensive
:
campo de reeducación
- Many political prisoners were sent to rehabilitation camps for years at a time.
Examples
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The international community condemned the use of rehabilitation camps for detaining religious minorities.
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Documentaries have exposed the harsh realities faced by inmates in rehabilitation camps.
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The rehabilitation camp was established in 2020.
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Many children were sent to rehabilitation camps against their will.
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The government has faced criticism for detaining individuals in rehabilitation camps under extreme conditions.
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After being released, former inmates of rehabilitation camps often struggle to reintegrate into society.
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Witnesses reported that the rehabilitation camps were a means of controlling dissent during the regime.
Synonyms
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A building like a prison where people are kept as punishment and given training
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A place where young people who break the law are sent to be taught to behave better
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A place where a government holds people and forces them to change their beliefs
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A place where people who broke the law are kept as punishment or while they wait for trial
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A place where people found guilty of crimes are kept and given help to change their behaviour
A place where people who broke the law stay to learn better behaviour and get help
Antonyms
How Punitive
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- Offensive
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'rehabilitation' (therapeutic recovery) combined with 'camp' (a place where people stay temporarily) clearly yields a place or program for rehabilitation. This noun-noun combination follows productive English compounding patterns and is likely inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Rehabilitation camp puts together rehabilitation (trying to make someone change) and camp (a place where people stay under control). The strong image is of people kept in a closed place and forced to learn new beliefs or habits, so the phrase often means a detention site for 're-education' or being 'forced to change'.