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单词 internment
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internment

noun

in·​tern·​ment in-ˈtərn-mənt How to pronounce internment (audio)
ˈin-ˌtərn-
plural internments
: the act of interning someone or the state of being interned
His parents had never told him about the exclusion laws, or the internment of Japanese-Americans, and the subject had not come up in his textbooks. Timothy Egan
Even in the midst of betrayal and the resulting alienation experienced in the internment, there exists the unnegotiable state of human bonds and possibility for reconciliation. Fumitaka Matsuoka
… an American who spent World War II with his parents in an internment camp. Philip Siekman

Synonyms

  • captivity
  • confinement
  • immurement
  • impoundment
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • prison
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Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

internment

noun

as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II is one of the more shameful chapters in United States history

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • captivity
  • incarceration
  • imprisonment
  • confinement
  • prison
  • impoundment
  • enslavement
  • servitude
  • bondage
  • immurement
  • custody
  • detention
  • arrest
  • restriction
  • capture
  • detainment
  • entrapment
  • house arrest
  • detainer
  • restraint

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • liberation
  • emancipation
  • release
  • redemption
  • freedom
  • manumission
  • liberty
  • independence
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