refoulement

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ful.mɑ̃/

NounEdit

refoulement m (usually uncountable, plural refoulements)

1. (air transport) push back (air pushing back on an airframe)
2. psychological repression
3. (refugee law) in refugee law, the term for a country returning a refugee or refugee claimant to the country of origin or to danger; refoulment

AntonymsEdit

• non-refoulement

Further readingEdit

• “refoulement” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).