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cordon sanitaire

[ French kawr-dawn sa-nee-ter ]

noun

plural cordons sanitaires
  1. a line around a quarantined area guarded to prevent the spread of a disease by restricting passage into or out of the area.
  2. a group of neighboring, generally neutral states forming a geographical barrier between two states having aggressive military or ideological aims against each other.


cordon sanitaire

/ kɔrdɔ̃ sanitɛr /

noun

  1. a guarded line serving to cut off an infected area
  2. a line of buffer states, esp when protecting a nation from infiltration or attack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cordon sanitaire1

From French, dating back to 1840–50; cordon, sanitary
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cordon sanitaire1

C19: literally: sanitary line
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And as soon as the more mainstream parties start giving up the 'firewall' or cordon sanitaire the far-right will start cannibalising the right.

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That’s why counties like Los Angeles have kept up vigilant monitoring and fly-murdering programs, sometimes with new tools, to protect the state’s agricultural cordon sanitaire from Napa and Sonoma to the Mexican border.

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When it comes to far-right inroads in European politics, analysts sometimes invoke the French phrase cordon sanitaire, which originally referred to the boundaries of a quarantine zone during an outbreak of infectious disease.

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RN leader Marine Le Pen told French radio that "it was urgent to establish a cordon sanitaire" between the parties.

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"Cordon sanitaire" is a term used by some political parties to reject cooperation with movements viewed as too extreme.

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