"carceral" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɑːsəɹəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑːsɹl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑɹsəɹəl/ [General-American], /ˈkɑɹsɹl̩/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carceral.wav
Etymology: From Late Latin carcerālis (“carceral”), from Latin carcer (“jail, prison”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn, in the sense of an enclosure”)) + -ālis (suffix forming relational adjectives). Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|carcerālis||carceral}} Late Latin carcerālis (“carceral”), {{der|en|la|carcer||jail, prison}} Latin carcer (“jail, prison”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-||to bend, turn, in the sense of an enclosure}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn, in the sense of an enclosure”), {{lg|relational}} relational Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} carceral (not comparable)
  1. (formal or literary) Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison. Tags: formal, literary, not-comparable Categories (topical): Prison Derived forms: carcerality, carcerally Related terms: carcerate, carceration, decarcerate, decarceration, disincarcerate, disincarceration, incarcerate, incarceration Coordinate_terms: penal, penitentiary (english: of or relating to the punishment of criminals) Translations (of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison): سِجْنِيّ (sijniyy) (Arabic), турэ́мны (turémny) (Belarusian), цямні́чны (cjamníčny) (Belarusian), астро́жны (astróžny) (Belarusian), затво́рнически (zatvórničeski) (Bulgarian), carcerari (Catalan), 監獄的 (Chinese Mandarin), 监狱的 (jiānyù de) (Chinese Mandarin), vězeňský (Czech), fængsels- (Danish), vanglalik (Estonian), vankila- (Finnish), carcéral (French), Gefängnis- (German), börtön- (Hungarian), karcerala (Ido), carcerālis (Latin), więzienny (Polish), тюре́мный (tjurémnyj) (Russian), väzenský (Slovak), carcelario (Spanish), в'язни́чний (vʺjaznýčnyj) (Ukrainian), тюре́мний (tjurémnyj) (Ukrainian)

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          "ref": "2011, Bernard E. Harcourt, “The Paris Marais and the Chicago Board of Trade”, in The Illusion of Free Markets: Punishment and the Myth of Natural Order, Cambridge, Mass., London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, pages 42–43:",
          "text": "Neoliberal penality and its earlier iterations have fertilized the carceral sphere. They have made possible, by resolving any possible cognitive dissonance, a world in which 71 percent of American respondents could favor the free-market economy as the very best system on which to base the future of the world and, at the very same time, live in a place that operates the world's biggest, most expensive, government-run, interventionist, prison system that incarcerates more than one out of every hundred adults in the country.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Sonia Sotomayor, “Utah v. Strieff”, in U.S. Reports, volume 579, Washington, D.C.:",
          "text": "By legitimizing the conduct that produces this double consciousness, this case tells everyone, white and black, guilty and innocent, that an officer can verify your legal status at any time. It says that your body is subject to invasion while courts excuse the violation of your rights. It implies that you are not a citizen of a democracy but the subject of a carceral state, just waiting to be cataloged.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 21, Jiménez, M. C. et al., “Epidemiology of COVID-19 among incarcerated individuals and staff in Massachusetts jails and prisons”, in JAMA, →DOI:",
          "text": "Whereas rates of COVID-19 vary nationwide, our results add to a growing body of literature epmhasizing high COVID-19 rates in carceral settings and the importance of testing and decarceration.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imprisonment",
          "imprisonment"
        ],
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ]
      ],
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        "(formal or literary) Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "literary",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑːsɹl̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑɹsəɹəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑɹsɹl̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sijniyy",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "سِجْنِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "turémny",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "турэ́мны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cjamníčny",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "цямні́чны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "astróžny",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "астро́жны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zatvórničeski",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "затво́рнически"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "carcerari"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "監獄的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānyù de",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "监狱的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "vězeňský"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "fængsels-"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "vanglalik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "vankila-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "carcéral"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "Gefängnis-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "börtön-"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "karcerala"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "carcerālis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "więzienny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjurémnyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "тюре́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "väzenský"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "carcelario"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vʺjaznýčnyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "в'язни́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tjurémnyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison",
      "word": "тюре́мний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carceral"
}

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