periphractic

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English

Etymology

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

Adjective

periphractic (not comparable)

  1. Enclosed; surrounded by some barrier.
  2. (sociology) Marginalizing; making a group peripheral and thereby denying them access to something.
    periphractic space