Concept information
Preferred term
asylum
Definition
- Asylum was originally a Latin word adopted into that language from a cognate word in classical Greek that had the implication of inviolability. Asylum has both concrete and abstract meanings and, depending on usage, can have either positive or negative connotations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Asylum]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/asylum
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