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Meaning of Straitjacket | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈstɹeɪtˌd͡ʒækɪt

Definitions

  1. A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
  2. Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
    figuratively

Equivalents

العربية القيود
Català camisa de força
Čeština svěrací kazajka
Deutsch Zwangsjacke
Ελληνικά ζουρλομανδύας
Esperanto trudkitelo
Español camisa de fuerza
Suomi pakkopaita
Français camisole de force
Magyar kényszerzubbony
Հայերեն զսպաշապիկ
Bahasa Indonesia pasung
Italiano camicia di forza
日本語 拘束衣
한국어 강압복
Македонски лудачка кошула
Nederlands dwangbuis iemand een dwangbuis aandoen iemand in zijn vrijheid beperken
Polski kaftan bezpieczeństwa
Português camisa de força colete de forças
Română cămașă de forță
Русский смирительная рубашка
Svenska tvångströja
Türkçe deli gömleği

Examples

“There’s a couple of people actually wearing duct-tape straitjackets.”
“our ever-increasing bureaucratic straitjacket of regulations”
“[I]f we remain in one discipline, we remain in a straitjacket; an adequate theory of language evolution requires a lot of interdisciplinary work.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

straitjacketing Straitjackets Straitlaced straitlacedness Straitly Straitness

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