What is another word for prison camp?

Pronunciation: [pɹˈɪzən kˈamp] (IPA)

A prison camp can be described using a variety of synonyms. One alternative is a detention center, which denotes a place where individuals are held without their consent, often as punishment or due to their status as prisoners of war. Another synonym is a correctional facility, which implies a more rehabilitative purpose than simply punishing inmates. Labor camp is also a commonly used term, as many prison camps use forced labor as a means of punishment or as a way to produce goods. Internment camp, concentration camp, and gulag are other synonyms that have been used throughout history to describe prison camps in various contexts.

What are the hypernyms for Prison camp?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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  • Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on. Looked at from one side, the wall enclosed a barren sixty-acre field called the Port of Anarres. [...] It was in fact a quarantine. The wall shut in not only the landing field but also the ships that came down out of space, and the men that came on the ships, and the worlds they came from, and the rest of the universe. It enclosed the universe, leaving Anarres outside, free. Looked at from the other side, the wall enclosed Anarres: the whole planet was inside it, a great prison camp, cut off from other worlds and other men, in quarantine.
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  • And if God does not help me to go on, then I shall have to help God. — The surface of the earth is gradually turning into one great prison camp, and soon there will be nobody left outside. … I don't fool myself about the real state of affairs, and I've even dropped the pretense that I'm out to help others. I shall merely try to help God as best I can, and if I succeed in doing that, then I shall be of use to others as well. But I mustn't have heroic illusions about that either.
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