incarceration en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Latin carcer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin incarcerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin incarcerātiōbor. English incarceration Borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātiō, equivalent to incarcerate + -ion.
Meanings
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(US, countable, uncountable) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
Perpetrated over time, better walk the narrow line / Never challenge what we say / In the darkness of our mind, never thought we'd be so blind / Let the nightmare get away / Isolation cannot be / The best, the best that we can do / Build a cage full of rage, inner demons call your name / Suicide, your only friend / Extermination of ourselves, mass incarceration / Termination of ourselves, mass incarcerate / In the cage, in the cage / You will remain
2020 February 7, “Isolation”, in Derrick Green (lyrics), Quadra, performed by Sepultura:[…]Syria reemerged indirectly, through Turkey's incarceration of Pastor Andrew Brunson.
2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 183:
- (countable, dated, uncountable) A strangulation, as in a hernia.
- (countable, uncountable) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| incarcerations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
reincarceration · incarcerative · semi-incarceration · overincarceration · disincarceration · decarceration · e-carceration
Relateds
Translations (31)
es encarcelamiento (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · ca encarcerament (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · uk ув'язнення (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · id hukuman penjara (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · cmn 有期徒刑 (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · cs zauzlení (formerly, strangulation, as in hernia) · fr incarcération (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · fi kurouma (constriction of the hernial sac) · ja 投獄 (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · pl inkarceracja (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · el φυλάκιση (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · es carcelazo (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · cmn 下獄 /下狱 (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · de Einkerkerung (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · ml ജയിലിലാക്കല് (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · pl pozbawienie wolności (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · az azadlıqdan məhrumetmə (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · he מַאֲסָר (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · es encarcelación (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · pt encarceramento (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · hy բանտարկություն (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · ml ബന്ധനം (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · it incarcerazione (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · ru заключе́ние (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · cs věznění (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · ml ജയിൽ വാസം (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · ru лише́ние свобо́ды (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · fa حبس (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · fi vangitseminen (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · cmn 監禁 /监禁 (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment) · uk позба́влення во́лі (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also imprisonment)