Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reeducation camp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: reed-u-ca-tion -camp
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A camp or prison where ideological dissidents undergo reeducation or indoctrination.

noun

A camp where people are rehabilitated to health, especially after injury.

Dated

Example Sentences

"Although the Socialist Republic of Vietnam now encourages Vietnamese refugees to visit their native land, many refuse to do so, fearing that [...] they would be hustled off to reeducation camps to face starvation, over-work, and slow death."
"By degrees the seriously wounded were concentrated in this hospital, which remained open till 1919, and the discharged drafted to a Belgian reeducation camp in France."

Etymology

From reeducation + camp. First use appears c. 1935 in the Oakland Tribune.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

reeducation camps (plural)

Questions

What does reeducation camp mean?: A camp or prison where ideological dissidents undergo reeducation or indoctrination.
Where does reeducation camp come from?: From reeducation + camp. First use appears c. 1935 in the Oakland Tribune.

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