periphractic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Enclosed; surrounded by some barrier.
  2. Marginalizing; making a group peripheral and thereby denying them access to something.

Word forms

periphractic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περιφρακτικός (periphraktikós), from φράσσω (phrássō).

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