reeducation camp en · NOUN
Etymology
From reeducation + camp. First use appears c. 1935 in the Oakland Tribune.
Meanings
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(euphemistic) A camp or prison where ideological dissidents undergo reeducation or indoctrination.
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.
1989, James Freeman, Hearts of Sorrow: Vietnamese-American Lives, page 11:
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(dated) A camp where people are rehabilitated to health, especially after injury.
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.
1922, “Women's War Work”, in Hugh Chisolm, editor, The Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 32, page 1064:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reeducation camps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (12)
fr camp de rééducation (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation) · cmn 再教育營 /再教育营 (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation) · nl heropvoedingskamp (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation) · ky кайра тарбиялоо лагери (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation) · cmn 勞改營 /劳改营 (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation) · fi uudelleenkoulutusleiri (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation) · kk қайта тәрбиелеу лагері (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation) · tr yeniden eğitim kampı (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation) · ug قايتا تەربىيەلەش لاگىرى (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation) · ru ла́герь перевоспита́ния (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation) · de Umerziehungslager (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation) · sv omskolningsläger (camp where dissidents undergo reeducation)