Prison vs Carceral - What's the difference?
prison | carceral |
A place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes, or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
(uncountable) Confinement in prison.
(colloquial) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
Of or pertaining to prison
* 2010 Bernard E. Harcourt, The Illusion of Free Markets
Relevant quote (indicating that carceral is uncommon) is:
"Neoliberal penality and its earlier iterations have fertilized the carceral sphere." Mr. Harcourt writes in two languages. The first you have already recognized as a servicable kind of American. The second, just quoted, is the tongue indigenous to the race of college professors who inhabit Planet Tenure. One can tease out some meaning from this tribal patois, but only with application. where instead prison is used attributively, as in “the prison system”.
As a noun prison
is a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes, or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.As a verb prison
is to imprison.As an adjective carceral is
of or pertaining to prison.prison
English
(wikipedia prison)Noun
- The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
- Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
- The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.
Synonyms
* (place) bridewell; see also . * (confinement) imprisonmentCoordinate terms
* (place) gaol, jailDerived terms
* imprison * prison camp * prison cell * prison chaser * prisoner * prison guard * prisonhouse * prison officer * prison record * prison sentence * prison wardenAnagrams
* * * 1000 English basic words ----carceral
English
Adjective
(-)- Neoliberal penality and its earlier iterations have fertilized the carceral sphere.
Usage notes
Formal, especially academic term, not used in everyday speech,Price And Punishment, James Grant, Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2010.
Relevant quote (indicating that carceral is uncommon) is:
"Neoliberal penality and its earlier iterations have fertilized the carceral sphere." Mr. Harcourt writes in two languages. The first you have already recognized as a servicable kind of American. The second, just quoted, is the tongue indigenous to the race of college professors who inhabit Planet Tenure. One can tease out some meaning from this tribal patois, but only with application. where instead prison is used attributively, as in “the prison system”.