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Meaning of "political asylum" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POLITICAL ASYLUM

political asylum  [pəˈlɪtɪkəl əˈsaɪləm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLITICAL ASYLUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Political asylum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POLITICAL ASYLUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

political asylum

Right of asylum

The right of asylum is an ancient juridical concept, under which a person persecuted by his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, a foreign country, or church sanctuaries. This right has its roots in a longstanding Western tradition—although it was already recognized by the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Hebrews; Descartes went to the Netherlands, Voltaire to England, Hobbes to France and each state offered protection to persecuted foreigners. The Egyptians, Greeks, and Hebrews recognized a religious "right of asylum," protecting criminals from legal action to some extent. This principle was later adopted by the established Christian church, and various rules developed to qualify for protection and just how much protection it was. According to the Council of Orleans in 511, in the presence of Clovis I, asylum was granted to anyone who took refuge in a church, in its dependences or in the house of a bishop. This protection was given to murderers, thieves or people accused of adultery. It also concerned fugitive slaves, who would however be handed back to their owners when their owners swore on the Bible not to be evil.

Definition of political asylum in the English dictionary

The definition of political asylum in the dictionary is Political asylum is the right to live in a foreign country, and is given by the government of that country to people who have to leave their own country because they are in danger of persecution.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLITICAL ASYLUM


amylum
ˈæmɪləm
asylum
əˈsaɪləm
filum
ˈfaɪləm
hilum
ˈhaɪləm
macrophylum
ˌmækrəʊˈfaɪləm
paspalum
pæsˈpeɪləm
phylum
ˈfaɪləm
pilum
ˈpaɪləm
podophyllum
ˌpɒdəʊˈfɪləm
protoxylem
ˌprəʊtəˈzaɪləm
Salem
ˈseɪləm
spathiphyllum
spəˈθɪfɪləm
subphylum
sʌbˈfaɪləm
superphylum
ˌsuːpərˈfaɪləm
vexillum
vɛkˈsɪləm
whilom
ˈwaɪləm
Winston-Salem
ˈwɪnstənˈseɪləm
xylem
ˈzaɪləm
ylem
ˈaɪləm
zanthoxylum
zænˈθɒksɪləm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLITICAL ASYLUM

political
political action committee
political commissar
political convention
political correctness
political economy
political football
political geography
political incorrectness
political party
political prisoner
political science
political scientist
politicalise
politicalize
politically
politically correct
politically incorrect
politically motivated
politically-minded

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLITICAL ASYLUM

alum
antebellum
Blum
Colum
curriculum
diachylum
hoodlum
lum
lunatic asylum
New Guinea macrophylum
ornithogalum
paramylum
pendulum
peplum
plum
slum
speculum
Trans-New Guinea phylum
tropaeolum
vestibulum

Synonyms and antonyms of political asylum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «political asylum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLITICAL ASYLUM

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

Translator English - Chinese

政治避难
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asilo político
570 millions of speakers

English

political asylum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राजनीतिक शरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللجوء السياسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

политическое убежище
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

asilo político
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাজনৈতিক কর্ম কমিটি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

asile politique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jawatankuasa tindakan politik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

politisches Asyl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

政治亡命者の保護
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정치적 망명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Komite aksi politik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tị nạn chính trị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரசியல் நடவடிக்கை குழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राजकीय कृती समिती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Siyasi eylem komitesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

asilo politico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

azyl polityczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

політичний притулок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

azil politic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολιτικό άσυλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

politieke asiel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

politisk asyl
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

politisk asyl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of political asylum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLITICAL ASYLUM»

The term «political asylum» is normally little used and occupies the 110.073 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLITICAL ASYLUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «political asylum» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «political asylum» 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 political asylum

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QUOTES WITH «POLITICAL ASYLUM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word political asylum.
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Bobby Fischer
I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLITICAL ASYLUM»

Discover the use of political asylum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to political asylum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rejecting Refugees: Political Asylum in the 21st Century
Using both in-depth accounts by asylum applicants and interviews with lawyers and others involved, this book takes the reader on a journey through the process of applying for asylum in both the United States and Great Britain.
Carol Bohmer, Amy Shuman, 2007
2
The Use and Abuse of Political Asylum in Britain and Germany
political asylum in the modern sense appeared in ancient Greece, before being severely pruned by the Roman Empire.19 As early as the eleventh and twelfth centuries BC, Athens had become a haven for those refugees displaced by the ...
Liza Schuster, 2004
3
A Well-founded Fear: The Congressional Battle to Save ...
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Philip G. Schrag, 2000
4
Asylum Denied: A Refugee’s Struggle for Safety in America
Asylum Denied is the gripping story of political refugee David Ngaruri Kenney's harrowing odyssey through the world of immigration processing in the United States.
David Ngaruri Kenney, Philip G. Schrag, 2008
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Do our citizenship requirements impede the protection of ...
In contrast to the 1951 Geneva Convention's purposes, not all the post-l 990 national asylum detenninationsystems are devised to help refugees, or merely to test the truths ofasylum claims, but also in order to determine asylum seekers' ...
Hakan G. Sicakkan, 2008
6
The Right of Political Asylum Threatened
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Felix Adler, William Mackintire Salter, 2010
7
Fugitive Ireland: European minority nationalists and Irish ...
Employing unpublished sources and personal accounts, Daniel Leach explores the role of political asylum in asserting Irish sovereignty, Catholic anti-Communism and revolutionary heritage, and exposes a previously hidden and controversial ...
Daniel Leach, 2009
8
Detained, Denied, Deported: Asylum Seekers in the United States
Contents.
‎1989
9
International Law in the 21st Century: Rules for Global ...
The critical question then becomes, which persons should be granted political asylum? The criteria regarding who should qualify for a grant of asylum is contained in article I- A (2) of the 1951 Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees, ...
Christopher C. Joyner, 2005
10
Asylum Speakers: Caribbean Refugees and Testimonial Discourse
This distinction between the economic and the political . . . makes it virtually impossible ever to grant political asylum and even, in a sense, to apply the law, for in its implementation it would depend entirely on opportunistic considerations,  ...
April Ann Shemak, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLITICAL ASYLUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term political asylum is used in the context of the following news items.
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Antigua Gov't again denies existence of human smuggling ring
They later applied for refugee status/political asylum when taken on land in the United States Virgin Islands. Like our Facebook page ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
2
'I was a slave': Nigerian women escape sexual bondage in Italy
After a decompression period they begin Italian language lessons as a first step toward gaining political asylum. “The numbers may seem small ... «PBS NewsHour, Jul 15»
3
Challenges to Thai diplomacy, boosting Malaysia's human capital …
The three are reported to have received political asylum from the French government. Two of them have allegedly been carrying out activities ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
4
Thai diplomacy faces mammoth challenges
The three are reported to have received political asylum from the French government. Two of them have allegedly been carrying out activities ... «ThaiVisa News, Jul 15»
5
Gilbert: Cuban relations prompt differing views
... year of the Mariel boatlift when desperate Cubans forced their way into the embassies of Venezuela and Peru demanding political asylum. «Stockton Record, Jul 15»
6
Some visit RV after leaving Tacoma immigration detention
... works to overcome a language barrier to help Jaskarn Singh, right, a 21 year old Indian national seeking political asylum in the United States ... «The Bellingham Herald, Jul 15»
7
Obasanjo reveals why he was arrested by Abacha
... why he allowed himself to be arrested by the Abacha regime despite many opportunities to escape and accept an offer of political asylum by ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»
8
Cubans Will Not Be Granted Asylum at the US Embassy in Havana
“For years, thousands of Cubans have made their petitions for political asylum from Havana, but what US laws grant them is protection as ... «Havana Times, Jul 15»
9
Rand Paul Doesn't Get Why US Sees So Many Iraqi Refugees. It's …
“I'm going to try to have hearings on the political asylum: Why are we admitting 18,000 people [per year] for political asylum from Iraq, which is ... «IJ Review, Jul 15»
10
Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard who posed as US Navy officer will be …
He was arrested outside the Israeli Embassy after failing to get political asylum. When he was arrested, the Stanford graduate was working as ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Political asylum [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/political-asylum>. May 2024 ».
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