refoulement

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ful.mɑ̃/

Noun

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

Antonyms

  • non-refoulement

Further reading

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