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Definitions of Refugee
- (noun) A person that flees a country out of fear for their safety either for economic or political reasons or due to a natural disaster.
- (noun) A person granted or seeking asylum in a country other than their own.
Example of Refugee
- Definition 1:
- A political dissident that is afraid of retribution from the government, such as Albert Einstein (1879–1955) who fled Germany and settled in the United States when Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) rose to power.
Refugee Pronunciation
Syllabification: ref·u·gee
Audio Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling
- American English – /ref-yu-jEE/
- British English – /re-fyu-jEE/
International Phonetic Alphabet
- American English – /ˈrɛfjuʤi/
- British English – /ˌrɛfju(ː)ˈʤiː/
Usage Note
- Plural: refugees
Additional Information
- Word origin of “refugee” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
- Kendall, Gavin, Ian Woodward, and Zlatko Skrbiš. 2009. The Sociology of Cosmopolitanism: Globalization, Identity, Culture and Government. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Martell, Luke. 2010. The Sociology of Globalization. Malden, MA: Polity Press.
- Nash, Kate. 2010. Contemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics, and Power. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
- Robertson, Roland, and Kathleen E. White, eds. 2003. Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology. London: Routledge.
- Sassen, Saskia. 2007. A Sociology of Globalization. New York: Norton.
- Savage, Michael, Gaynor Bagnall, and Brian Longhurst. 2005. Globalization and Belonging. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
- The UN Refugee Agency: www.unhcr.org
Related Terms
- culture
- globalization
- group
- individual
- material culture
- nonmaterial culture
- norm
- power
- world-systems
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Cite the Definition of Refugee
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “refugee.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved April 20, 2024 (https://sociologydictionary.org/refugee/).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
refugee. (2014). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/refugee/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “refugee.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/refugee/.
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“refugee.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2014. Web. 20 Apr. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/refugee/>.