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Definition 2024


refoulement

refoulement

French

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

Antonyms

  • non-refoulement