Refoulement Definition
rĭ-fo͝ol-măɴ
noun
The expulsion of refugees from a place where they can rightfully claim refugee status to a place where they may face persecution or other threats, such as the country or disaster area from which they originally fled.
American Heritage
Origin of Refoulement
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French a forcing back from refouler to force back from Old French refoler re- back (from Latin re- re- in Indo-European roots) foler to full cloth, crush (from Vulgar Latin follāre) (from Latin fullō fuller bhel-2 in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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