Meaning

2 senses
  1. (euphemistic)A camp or prison where ideological dissidents undergo reeducation or indoctrination.

    Umerziehungslager

    ла́герь перевоспита́нияlágerʹ perevospitánija

  2. (dated)A camp where people are rehabilitated to health, especially after injury.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
camp where dissidents undergo reeducation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
camp where dissidents undergo reeducation:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: reeducation camps

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reeducation camp — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto