reeducation camp
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌriːˈɛdʒʊˌkeɪʃən kæmp/
- Offensive
:
campo de reeducación
- Some Vietnamese still burden themselves with memories of the traumatic experiences from the war, the reeducation camps under the communist regime, or the refugee camps.
Genocide, concentration camps, thought reeducation camps, organ harvesting from live dissidents without anesthetic.
- Genocide, concentration camps, thought reeducation camps, organ harvesting from live dissidents without anesthetic.
Examples
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After the fall of Saigon, he spent eight years in a brutal reeducation camp enduring torture.
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When the Communists came to power, they closed brothels, sent many of the women to reeducation camps, and freed a number of concubines.
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In June 1975, thousands of South Vietnamese military and government officials had been detained and sent to various "reeducation camps" throughout Vietnam.
Academic text (1999) -
If you were Vietnamese, you'd be in a reeducation camp pulling turnips.
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The conditions include a resolution of all POW/MIA cases in Indochina and the release of political and military officials in reeducation camps.
Academic text (1992) -
Two brothers were in the reeducation camps, but to my amazement, they have no hatred toward the victors.
Blog text (27) -
This resolution did not even mention Cambodia, which was the primary focus of the administration then, but instead stated that normalization would be contingent upon other humanitarian concerns, such as the release of all political and religious prisoners, the abolition of political reeducation camps, and a commitment by Vietnam's Communist Party to allow free and open national elections.
Academic text (1992) -
In June 1975, thousands of South Vietnamese military and government officials had been detained and sent to various reeducation camps throughout Vietnam.
Synonyms
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5.3
A camp where guards keep people against their will, often during war
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7.6
A place where people are held under guard during war or for political reasons
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6.8
A place or situation where people are kept under very harsh, crowded, and controlled conditions
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3.2
A place where refugees or migrants are kept temporarily while officials decide if they can enter the country
A place where people are kept by the government and forced to change their beliefs or behavior
How Coercive
- Offensive
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6.8
- Offensive
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9.9
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5.3
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2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'camp' where 'reeducation' (being educated again or taught a new ideology) takes place, so a learner who knows the parts can infer a facility for re-teaching or indoctrination. While 'reeducation' involves a derived prefix and socio-political connotations, the basic idea is predictable from the constituents and common across languages, making it accessible to B1 learners who know both words.
Etymology
Reeducation camp names a place where authorities keep people and make them learn different ideas; the part reeducation means teaching again and the part camp means a place to stay. So the image of people being kept and taught until they change their views explains why it means 'a camp where people are forced to change their beliefs'.