internal exile

American  

noun

1. a state of comparative isolation imposed upon certain political dissidents within the former Soviet Union, in which the subject was forced to live in a remote and often unfamiliar place and in which freedom of movement and personal contact with family, friends, and associates were severely restricted.

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Example Sentences

In 1980 he was sent into internal exile, which lasted six years.

From Washington Times • Aug. 18, 2023

He noted that one of Memorial's founders, the late dissident and nuclear physicist Andrey Sakharov, had received the Peace Prize while campaigning against Soviet repression, activities for which he was later banished into internal exile.

From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2022

The novel hopscotches between America and southern Italy — where Maria’s father remains as a “confinati,” someone under internal exile for subversive views — with occasional stops in Washington, D.C., and Germany, among other places.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2022

It details the overlap of his life and career with that of his father, Ai Qing, a famous poet who was sent into internal exile in 1957, the year Ai Weiwei was born.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022

After three years of silence, banning, and internal exile, I looked forward to the chance to speak out before the people attempting to judge me.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela