English Explanatory Dictionary

public curiosity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see public, curiosity.
  2. An ambiguous phrase in the Geneva Convention. Can refer to the humiliation of prisoners of war or, under more modern understandings, any publication, exposure, or display of the subjugated inhabitants of occupied territories.

Word forms

public curiosity
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