Self-confinement

Quick meaning: Self-confinement is a noun meaning Self-imposed restriction of movement to a particular location.

Meaning

Self-imposed restriction of movement to a particular location.

More Meanings

1. (physics) A restriction in the movement of particles due to their internal properties (such as charge).
2. An internalized restriction of one's emotions and behavior to a limited range that is considered acceptable; an inability to fully express oneself.

Example Sentences

A fine, self-confinement, and a trial.

The invisible man's self-confinement in a basement clearly recalls Harriet Jacob's self-confinement in the attic space in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1865).

Nothing short of the lifelong self-confinement in the innermost chamber of a deserted cellar, of which he speaks to Felice, would seem to satisfy such rigorous requirements for concentration.

In fact, there is only one form of confinement for which the Gothic offers little hope for escape: the self-confinement that results from internalization of social regulation, like that posited by Foucault.

Word Forms

• self-confinements

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