Meanings
plural reeducation camps
- euphemisticA camp or prison where ideological dissidents undergo reeducation or indoctrination.
Although the Socialist Republic of Vietnam now encourages Vietnamese refugees to visit their native land, many refuse to do so, fearing that [...] they would be hustled off to reeducation camps to face starvation, over-work, and slow death.
1989, James Freeman, Hearts of Sorrow: Vietnamese-American Lives, page 11 - datedA camp where people are rehabilitated to health, especially after injury.
By degrees the seriously wounded were concentrated in this hospital, which remained open till 1919, and the discharged drafted to a Belgian reeducation camp in France.
1922, “Women's War Work”, in Hugh Chisolm, editor, The Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 32, page 1064
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From reeducation + camp. First use appears c. 1935 in the Oakland Tribune.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 再教育營 /再教育营, 勞改營 /劳改营
- 再教育營 /再教育营 (zàijiàoyùyíng)camp where dissidents undergo reeducation
- 勞改營 /劳改营 (láogǎiyíng)camp where dissidents undergo reeducation
Dutch heropvoedingskamp
- heropvoedingskampcamp where dissidents undergo reeducation
Finnish uudelleenkoulutusleiri
- uudelleenkoulutusleiricamp where dissidents undergo reeducation
French camp de rééducation
- camp de rééducationcamp where dissidents undergo reeducation
German Umerziehungslager
- Umerziehungslagercamp where dissidents undergo reeducation
Russian ла́герь перевоспита́ния
- ла́герь перевоспита́ния (lágerʹ perevospitánija)camp where dissidents undergo reeducation
Swedish omskolningsläger
- omskolningslägercamp where dissidents undergo reeducation
Turkish yeniden eğitim kampı
- yeniden eğitim kampıcamp where dissidents undergo reeducation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with reeducation camp
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reeducation camp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reeducation%20camp
“reeducation camp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reeducation%20camp. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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