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le refoulement

/ʁə.ful.mɑ̃/ noun · masculine C2
  1. push back (air pushing back on an airframe)
  2. psychological repression
  3. in refugee law, the term for a country returning a refugee or refugee claimant to the country of origin or to danger; refoulment

Plural refoulements

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