reeducation

American  

[ree ej-oo-kay-shuhn] / ˌri ˌɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of reeducating, such as for a new purpose, as a method of moral reform, or as rehabilitation following an injury.

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Example Sentences

Mr. Guan requested protection in the U.S. after he escaped from China in 2021 having gathered, at great personal risk, unprecedented footage of secret reeducation camps and detention centers in Xinjiang province.

From The Wall Street Journal

Especially for Episode 7, we didn't want it to get bogged down in the weight of the philosophy and history, because there's a lot to explain in terms of the mechanism of these reeducation camps that a lot of viewers won't know about.

From Salon

The entire tale is told in retrospect now that he's returned to Vietnam after his sojourn in the U.S. and it's his North Vietnamese comrades in the reeducation camp — or are they his jailors? — whom he must convince of his loyalties.

From Salon

His father was in a reeducation camp for 9 years, and his family arrived in the U.S. in 1985.

From Los Angeles Times

Phong Dinh, 91, a former two-term councilman of the seaside resort city of Vung Tau, Vietnam, who spent three years in a reeducation camp, said he understands the antipathy toward the communists, but the spy character created by Viet Thanh Nguyen and depicted in the series doesn’t bother him.

From Los Angeles Times