1) Isolation 2) Solitude
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1) Solitude 2) Veil
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- a state of social isolation
- the Hindu or Moslem system of keeping women secluded
- a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
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Purdah or pardah (from Persian : پرده, meaning `curtain`) is a religious and social practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim communities in Afghanistan and Pakistan. More simply, it is the practice of preventing men from seeing women. This takes two forms: physical segregation of the sexes and the requirement that women cover.....
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[pre-election period] Purdah is the pre-election period in the United Kingdom, specifically the time between an announced election and the final election results. The time period offers a prior opportunity for government departments to develop guidance and policy due to any impact resulting from the election. It also prevents central and lo...
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• (n.) A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.
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practice that was inaugurated by Muslims and later adopted by various Hindus, especially in India, and that involves the seclusion of women from ... [5 related articles]
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Seclusion of women practised by some Islamic and Hindu peoples. It had begun to disappear with the adoption of Western culture, but the fundamentalism of the 1980s revived it; for example, the...
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a curtain or room used to shield women from strangers; the Indian system of secluding high-caste women from public view
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Pur'dah noun [ Persian
parda a curtain.] A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.
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n] - the Hindu or Moslem system of keeping women secluded 2. [n] - a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
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sex segregation noun the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
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Seclusion of women practised by some Islamic and Hindu peoples. It had begun to disappear with the adoption of Western culture, but the fundamentalism of the 1980s revived it; for example, the wearing of the chador (an all-enveloping black mantle) in Iran. The Koran actually enjoins only `modesty` in dress
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the seclusion of women from the sight of men or strangers, practiced by some Muslims and Hindus. · a screen, curtain, or veil used for this purpose.
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