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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀποκλεισμός (apokleismós) with semantic loan from Italian blocco in the sense 'blockade'.[1] By surface analysis, αποκλείω (apokleío) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.po.kliˈzmos/
- Hyphenation: α‧πο‧κλει‧σμός
Noun
αποκλεισμός • (apokleismós) m (plural αποκλεισμοί)
- exclusion, elimination
- Antonym: συμπερίληψη f (symperílipsi, “inclusion”)
- blockade, boycott
Declension
- see: αποκλείω (apokleío, “to block, to exclude”) and κλείνω (kleíno, “to close”)
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