internal exile

noun

1. a state of comparative isolation imposed upon certain political dissidents within the former Soviet Union, in which the subject was forced to live in a remote and often unfamiliar place and in which freedom of movement and personal contact with family, friends, and associates were severely restricted.

Example Sentences

We must refuse the privileges of “internal exile” in the face of tyranny and reject the ironic stance of professors who imagine that tenure is enough protection – at least for them.

From Salon

In 1980 he was sent into internal exile, which lasted six years.

From Washington Times

The quote continued: “Mussolini used to send people on vacation in internal exile.”

From New York Times

While Putin was deep in the Soviet fold in the 1980s, Mr. Pavlovsky spent three years in internal exile in the sub-Arctic Komi Republic after conviction for anti-Soviet activities that included links to publications calling for political reforms.

From Washington Post

Prodded by Charles, Queen Elizabeth stripped Andrew of his honorary titles and sent him into a kind of internal exile after he settled a sexual assault lawsuit stemming from his association with the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

From New York Times