different between expulsion vs xenelasy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsio, expulsionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?sp?l??n/

Noun

expulsion (countable and uncountable, plural expulsions)

1. The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

Antonyms

• impulsion

Related terms

• expel

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expulsio, expulsionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.spyl.sj??/

Noun

expulsion f (plural expulsions)

1. expulsion

2. (sports) sending-off, red card, dismissal

Related terms

• expulser

Further reading

• “expulsion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• xenelasia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ????????? (xen?lasía, “expulsion of barbarians”).

Noun

xenelasy (uncountable)

1. The expulsion of foreigners.
   • 1846, George Grote, A History of Greece

     […] a numerous body of strangers or non-citizens (the old xenelasy, or prohibition of resident strangers, being long discontinued) domiciled in the town, and forming a powerful moneyed interest […]

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