- carceral
- adjective Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin carcer prison Date: circa 1587 of, relating to, or suggesting a jail or prison
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carcéral — carcéral, ale, aux [ karseral, o ] adj. • 1959; du lat. carcer « prison » → incarcérer ♦ De la prison, qui a rapport à la prison. Le milieu, l univers carcéral. ● carcéral, carcérale, carcéraux adjectif (latin carcer, eris, prison) Relatif aux… … Encyclopédie Universelle
carceral — carcerál adj. m., pl. carceráli; f. sg. carcerálă, pl. carcerále Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic CARCERÁL, Ă adj. referitor la regimul de carceră, la închisoare. (< fr. ca … Dicționar Român
Carceral — Car cer*al, a. [L. carceralis, fr. carcer prison.] Belonging to a prison. [R.] Foxe. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
carceral — pertaining to prisons or a prison, 1570s, from L. carceralis, from carcer prison, of unknown origin … Etymology dictionary
carceral — /kärˈsə rəl/ adjective Of or relating to prison or a prison ORIGIN: L carcerālis, from carcer prison … Useful english dictionary
carceral — adjective Of or pertaining to prison Neoliberal penality and its earlier iterations have fertilized the carceral sphere. See Also: carcerate, incarcerate … Wiktionary
Carceral state — A carceral state is a state modelled on the idea of a prison. It employs physical boundaries in order to gain control of urban space. In the carceral state, public space is transformed into defendable space, with the installation of walls, gates … Wikipedia
carceral — adj. of or pertaining to a prison; of jail; like a prison … English contemporary dictionary
carceral — [ kα:s(ə)r(ə)l] adjective rare relating to a prison. Origin C16: from late L. carceralis, from carcer prison … English new terms dictionary
carceral organization — See incarceration … Dictionary of sociology
