Meanings
- rareuncountableThe state or condition of an inmate.
Prisons and mental hospitals show certain fundamental similarities in organizational structure, in goals, and in the nature of "inmatehood."
1964, Daniel Jacob Levinson, Eugene B. Gallagher, Patienthood in the mental hospital2 more examples
Conceptualizing "inmatehood" as involving a two-way "causal flow" between personality and social-system determinants reflects a transactional epistemology.
1967, American Journal of Mental Deficiency - Volume 71 - Page 646The picture that Schreber provides of his confinement is one of onesided confrontations, innuendos, and unimaginable torture, while to all outward appearances he was the model of docile inmatehood.
2004, Marshall Needleman Armintor, Lacan and the Ghosts of ModernitySynonyms: inmatecy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or condition of an inmate.
Origin
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