📚 noun • entry_id 45260
cordon sanitaire
/ˌkɔːdɒn sanɪˈtɛː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cordón sanitario
A barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease.
Bubonic plague had been in relative abeyance since the 1660s, and its explosion into Marseille and Provence in 1720 confirmed the ability of government, through quarantines and cor…
In accordance with their recommendation, the French Ministry drew a cordon sanitaire round the Spanish frontier. The plague gradually died away with the colder weather of the winte…
cordón sanitario
Any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable.
The alternative for such a policy was the isolation of Russia and the construction of a cordon sanitaire, in order to contain Bolshevism in the present area.
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