internal exile
internal exile · internal exiles
Banishment to a remote part of one's own country as a punishment or sanctionBanishment to a remote part of one's own country as a punishment or sanction.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Banishment to a remote part of one's own country as a punishment or sanction.
(countable)A person thus banished.
(figuratively, uncountable)A sense of alienation and uprootedness.
Forms
plural: internal exiles| Singular | internal exile |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable