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PRONUNCIATION OF CARCERAL

carceral  [ˈkɑːsərəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARCERAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Carceral is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CARCERAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of carceral in the English dictionary

The definition of carceral in the dictionary is relating to a prison.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CARCERAL


agricultural
ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl
architectural
ˌɑːkɪˈtektʃərəl
cheliceral
kɪˈlɪsərəl
cultural
ˈkʌltʃərəl
electoral
ɪˈlɛktərəl
federal
ˈfɛdərəl
funeral
ˈfjuːnərəl
general
ˈdʒɛnərəl
lateral
ˈlætərəl
liberal
ˈlɪbərəl
maceral
ˈmæsərəl
mineral
ˈmɪnərəl
rhopaloceral
ˌrəʊpəˈlɒsərəl
rural
ˈrʊərəl
spiral
ˈspaɪərəl
structural
ˈstrʌktʃərəl
successoral
səkˈsesərəl
temporal
ˈtɛmpərəl
tesseral
ˈtɛsərəl
visceral
ˈvɪsərəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARCERAL

carcajou
carcake
carcanet
carcase
carcass
Carcassonne
carcel
Carchemish
carcinogen
carcinogenesis
carcinogenic
carcinogenicity
carcinoid
carcinological
carcinologist
carcinology
carcinoma
carcinomata
carcinomatoid
carcinomatosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARCERAL

attorney general
bilateral
collateral
director general
director-general
Distrito Federal
ephemeral
feral
four-star general
in general
inspector general
literal
major general
multilateral
numeral
parenteral
peripheral
secretary-general
several
unilateral

Synonyms and antonyms of carceral in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «carceral» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARCERAL

Find out the translation of carceral to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of carceral from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carceral» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

carceral
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carcelario
570 millions of speakers

English

carceral
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

carceral
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

carceral
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тюремного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carcerário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

carceral
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carcéral
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Carceral
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gefängnis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

carceral
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

carceral
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Carceral
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

carceral
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

carceral
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोरसरेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

carceral
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carcerario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

carceral
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тюремного
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

carceral
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σωφρονιστικών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

carceral
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

carceral
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

carceral
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carceral

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARCERAL»

The term «carceral» is normally little used and occupies the 121.121 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of carceral
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARCERAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «carceral» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «carceral» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about carceral

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARCERAL»

Discover the use of carceral in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carceral and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Behind a Convict's Eyes: Doing Time in a Modern Prison
This unique text provides accurate descriptions of prisons and prison life, written by a prisoner sentenced to life, who uses the pseudonym "K. C. Carceral" to hide his identity for protection.
K. C. Carceral, Thomas J. Bernard, Leanne Fiftal Alarid, 2004
2
Prison, Inc: A Convict Exposes Life Inside a Private Prison
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2002 Once the egalitarian passions of the American Revolution had dimmed, the new nation settled into a conservative period that saw the legal and social subordination of women and non-white men.
K. C. Carceral, Thomas J. Bernard, 2006
3
Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency in Imprisonment and ...
This book draws together the work of a new community of scholars with a growing interest in carceral geography.
Dominique Moran, Nick Gill, Deirdre Conlon, 2013
4
Gender, Geography, and Punishment: The Experience of Women ...
Gender, Geography, and Punishment should appeal to a wide range of non-specialists interested in developments in Russia in the past twenty years, in the situation of women, and in the rule of law, procedural justice, and rights ...
Judith Pallot, Laura Piacentini, 2012
5
Welcome to the Halfway Hotel: Reforming the Carceral Landscape
In recent decades, burgeoning prison populations, high rates of recidivism, and dysfunctional prisontowns signal a crisis in today's carceral institutions.
Jennifer Raylene Chen, 2008
6
Punishment and Prisons: Power and the Carceral State
Power and the Carceral State Joe Sim. despite its apparently indestructible ideological and material presence, as we reach the mid point of the new century's first decade, there are a number of overlapping contradictions, contingencies and  ...
Joe Sim, 2009
7
The Scale of Imprisonment
Foucault's principal thesis appears to be that the nineteenth century saw the development of "the carceral archipelago" in which "the penitentiary technique" was transferred "from the penal institution to the entire social body." What is variously ...
Franklin E. Zimring, 1993
8
The Colonial Carceral and Prison Politics in Hawai'i
The disproportionate incarceration of Kanaka Maoli cannot be solely contextualized as a symptom of colonization, but also must be recognized as a mechanism of colonial and neocolonial conquest.
RaeDeen Keahiolalo-Karasuda, 2008
9
Michel Foucault
TTie Carceral Network and the Formation of the Human Sciences 91 modern society. The argument is that behind the formally constituted egalitarian juridical framework associated with the ascendancy of the bourgeoisie in the eighteenth ...
Barry Smart, 2002
10
Punish and Critique: Towards a Feminist Analysis of Penality
And finally, skipping to the end of Discipline and Punish, we find Foucault fixing 1840, the year of the opening of an institution for juveniles, as the 'date of completion of the carceral system' (293) or, alternatively, as the 'point of emergence' of a ...
Adrian Howe, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARCERAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carceral is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Columbia University Was Invested in Incarceration—Until Students …
In a very direct way, Columbia University was investing in companies that lobbied for expanding the carceral state. For years, the university's ... «The American Prospect, Jul 15»
2
Let's Talk About Prison Reform
While Germany's prison system appears to resemble the U.S. approach in some respects, he adds "there is a lack of privatization of the carceral ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Corporate Capitalism Is the Foundation of Police Brutality and the …
The more that “carceral machinery was rights-based and rule-bound, the more racial disparity was isolatable to 'real' black criminality.” In other ... «AlterNet, Jul 15»
4
The Tragedy of Kalief Browder and the Merits of Pretrial Release
His death represents a gross failure of New York City's penal system at the policing, prosecutorial, and carceral levels. The physical and ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
What It's Like to Visit the White House as an Ex-Con
... optimism as your administration has stated that our carceral policies are patently counterproductive. Further, those policies disproportionately ... «VICE, Jul 15»
6
How the Great Society Paved the Way for Modern Mass Incarceration
... thereby pushing the boundaries of the carceral state beyond penal ... and Safe Streets Act passed in 1968, the carceral state had already ... «Reason, Jul 15»
7
Why We Need to Stop Talking About the "Magical Negro"
Many scholars argue that the real culprit in these unjustified murders is systemic — the carceral state itself. They argue that our true struggle is ... «Mic, Jul 15»
8
TPP Could Actually Make Working Conditions Worse in Vietnam
Aside from carceral labor, labor rights are further imperiled by more routine abuses. According to a 2013 WRC report all-day work shifts, forced ... «The Nation., Jul 15»
9
Two Lives: On Hanya Yanagihara and Atticus Lish
... evident immediately by having Zou Lei picked up by the police, and thrown into a carceral limbo where bodily harm, perpetual imprisonment, ... «The Millions, Jun 15»
10
Views on the Trial and Conviction of Michael Johnson, a Black Life …
... time in prison; efforts to end HIV criminalization are one piece of a larger movement to stop the violence of the racialized carceral state. «TheBody.com, Jun 15»

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