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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek περιφρακτικός (periphraktikós), from φράσσω (phrássō).
Adjective
periphractic (not comparable)
- Enclosed; surrounded by some barrier.
- (sociology) Marginalizing; making a group peripheral and thereby denying them access to something.
- periphractic space