Enclave
noun
A piece of land or area that is fully surrounded by another one.
The neighborhood was an enclave of artists and bohemians.
Often appears as...
- cultural enclave
- linguistic enclave
noun
A group or area different in character from those surrounding it.
Their community is an enclave of traditionalism within a modern city.
Often appears as...
- economic enclave
- scientific enclave
noun
Country or region lying wholly within the boundaries of another.
Lesotho is an enclave within the country of South Africa.
Often appears as...
- political enclave
- geographic enclave
noun
A piece of land or area that is fully surrounded by another one.
The neighborhood was an enclave of artists and bohemians.
Often appears as...
- cultural enclave
- linguistic enclave
noun
A group or area different in character from those surrounding it.
Their community is an enclave of traditionalism within a modern city.
Often appears as...
- economic enclave
- scientific enclave
noun
Country or region lying wholly within the boundaries of another.
Lesotho is an enclave within the country of South Africa.
Often appears as...
- political enclave
- geographic enclave
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Surrounded Space
Think of 'enclave' as a space wholly embraced by another, like a unique room within a house.
A Catholic enclave in a predominantly Protestant region.
Pro Tip 2/3Distinct Identity
An enclave often maintains its own culture or characteristics, distinctly from its surroundings.
Chinatown is an enclave full of rich heritage within the city.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Only
While typically physical, enclaves can also represent groups isolated socially but not necessarily by geography.
An intellectual enclave in a society focused on sports.
Pro Tip 1/3Surrounded Space
Think of 'enclave' as a space wholly embraced by another, like a unique room within a house.
A Catholic enclave in a predominantly Protestant region.
Pro Tip 2/3Distinct Identity
An enclave often maintains its own culture or characteristics, distinctly from its surroundings.
Chinatown is an enclave full of rich heritage within the city.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Only
While typically physical, enclaves can also represent groups isolated socially but not necessarily by geography.
An intellectual enclave in a society focused on sports.
Pro Tip 1/3Surrounded Space
Think of 'enclave' as a space wholly embraced by another, like a unique room within a house.
A Catholic enclave in a predominantly Protestant region.
Pro Tip 2/3Distinct Identity
An enclave often maintains its own culture or characteristics, distinctly from its surroundings.
Chinatown is an enclave full of rich heritage within the city.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Only
While typically physical, enclaves can also represent groups isolated socially but not necessarily by geography.
An intellectual enclave in a society focused on sports.
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
mainly because of the people tumbling out of it. And my reporting around the country tells me the problem is grimmer than simple inequality. What I observe is a pair of secessions from the unifying center of American life. An affluent secession of up, up and away, into elite enclaves of the educated and into a global matrix
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It’s time to embrace our...
relationship between initial levels of density level and subsequent population growth over the last ten years and what you see is that the denser the initial the County was initially the faster the subsequent population growth has been in the 19th century we left our our enclaves on the eastern seaboard to
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New ways to understand...
more intermarriages and even where there aren't intermarriages there are so many more friendships because of the common spaces that we've created to allow for those different communities to interact with each other we actually have a system whereby we don't allow the creation of enclaves and ghettos in
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Portraits of Afghanistan...
jason met was mahmoud karzai a brother of former afghan president hamid karzai who moved back to afghanistan from america after his brother took office and became a wildly successful real estate developer so mahmoud karzai who built ainumina this luxury development enclave outside of kandahar
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Chaos in the Heart of...
They were waiting there in these enclaves where people were trapped, they couldn't leave, they couldn't go anywhere, they were completely surrounded by anti-balaka and there was no way out safely, no way out. And the United Nations, for much as though they were there to protect
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Paul Romer: Why the...
And, to achieve the kind of choices we want for leaders we need to allow for the potential for partnerships between cases where nations work together, in effect, de facto, the way China and Britain worked together to build, first a little enclave of the market model,
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The rise and fall of the...
the post-war agreement gave the allies joint administration. So America, Britain, and France created a Democratic enclave in Berlin's western districts. While East Germans were officially banned from leaving the country, in Berlin, it was simply a matter of walking,
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Teddy Cruz: How...
of the last years of economic boom also produced dramatic marginalization, resulting in the explosion of slums in many parts of the world. This polarization of enclaves of mega-wealth
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7 principles for...
and land-use enclaves. It separates them from nature. It doesn't allow the cross-fertilization, the interaction, that make cities great places and that make society thrive.
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The Bike Riding Monk PIPE...
enclave of cathedrals and monasteries, akin to a mini-Vatican. So do you ride, Father? Yes. Really? What bike do you ride? One of your first rides, and Surgeon
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
mainly because of the people tumbling out of it. And my reporting around the country tells me the problem is grimmer than simple inequality. What I observe is a pair of secessions from the unifying center of American life. An affluent secession of up, up and away, into elite enclaves of the educated and into a global matrix
Video examples
It’s time to embrace our...
relationship between initial levels of density level and subsequent population growth over the last ten years and what you see is that the denser the initial the County was initially the faster the subsequent population growth has been in the 19th century we left our our enclaves on the eastern seaboard to
Video examples
New ways to understand...
more intermarriages and even where there aren't intermarriages there are so many more friendships because of the common spaces that we've created to allow for those different communities to interact with each other we actually have a system whereby we don't allow the creation of enclaves and ghettos in
Video examples
Portraits of Afghanistan...
jason met was mahmoud karzai a brother of former afghan president hamid karzai who moved back to afghanistan from america after his brother took office and became a wildly successful real estate developer so mahmoud karzai who built ainumina this luxury development enclave outside of kandahar
Video examples
Chaos in the Heart of...
They were waiting there in these enclaves where people were trapped, they couldn't leave, they couldn't go anywhere, they were completely surrounded by anti-balaka and there was no way out safely, no way out. And the United Nations, for much as though they were there to protect
Video examples
Paul Romer: Why the...
And, to achieve the kind of choices we want for leaders we need to allow for the potential for partnerships between cases where nations work together, in effect, de facto, the way China and Britain worked together to build, first a little enclave of the market model,
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
the post-war agreement gave the allies joint administration. So America, Britain, and France created a Democratic enclave in Berlin's western districts. While East Germans were officially banned from leaving the country, in Berlin, it was simply a matter of walking,
Video examples
Teddy Cruz: How...
of the last years of economic boom also produced dramatic marginalization, resulting in the explosion of slums in many parts of the world. This polarization of enclaves of mega-wealth
Video examples
7 principles for...
and land-use enclaves. It separates them from nature. It doesn't allow the cross-fertilization, the interaction, that make cities great places and that make society thrive.
Video examples
The Bike Riding Monk PIPE...
enclave of cathedrals and monasteries, akin to a mini-Vatican. So do you ride, Father? Yes. Really? What bike do you ride? One of your first rides, and Surgeon
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Adrienne Rich
American Poet
Storm Warnings' is a poem about powerlessness - about a force so much greater than our human powers that while it can be measured and even predicted, it is beyond human control. All 'we' can do is create an interior space against the storm, an enclave of self-protection, though the winds of change till penetrate keyholes and 'unsealed apertures.
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Elfriede Jelinek
American Playwright
The smaller a group, the easier it is for more people to argue and enter into discussions. The U.S. is vast. It's too large. The intellectuals hide out in enclaves, in big cities or universities, like a bunch of chickens hiding from a fox.
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Antoine Predock
American Architect
The prime communities of the Southwest are survival communities. Their sustenance is governed by rainfall and wind direction. You can study little enclaves of plant materials, how they huddle together for protection. Some are nurse crops.
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Debbie Rowe
American Celebrity
You know what Michael did? He got me the most fabulous place to live. If you read the tabloids, it's the enclave of the enclave, Beverly Hills, which I have no idea what an enclave is. If it's chic-chic, it's cool.
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Phil Elverum
American Musician
I want to create a life that is just healthy and peaceful - an enclave, really, of retreat. It's not helpful for the big picture. It's totally selfish to run away like that.
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Maureen Dowd
American Journalist
If there's one thing white men have never had a problem with in this clubby, white marble enclave of Washington, it's getting pulled up the ladder by other men.
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Vaclav Havel
Czechoslovakian Leader
What's certain is that a totalitarian enclave like Cuba's can't continue to exist, so change will definitely come there, eventually.
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Taylor Negron
American Actor
My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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Mary Douglas
British Scientist
I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.
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Black Thought
American Musician
I grew up in Mount Airy, a middle-class enclave in the Northwestern area of Philadelphia.
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Adrienne Rich
American Poet
Storm Warnings' is a poem about powerlessness - about a force so much greater than our human powers that while it can be measured and even predicted, it is beyond human control. All 'we' can do is create an interior space against the storm, an enclave of self-protection, though the winds of change till penetrate keyholes and 'unsealed apertures.
Quote examples
Elfriede Jelinek
American Playwright
The smaller a group, the easier it is for more people to argue and enter into discussions. The U.S. is vast. It's too large. The intellectuals hide out in enclaves, in big cities or universities, like a bunch of chickens hiding from a fox.
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Antoine Predock
American Architect
The prime communities of the Southwest are survival communities. Their sustenance is governed by rainfall and wind direction. You can study little enclaves of plant materials, how they huddle together for protection. Some are nurse crops.
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Debbie Rowe
American Celebrity
You know what Michael did? He got me the most fabulous place to live. If you read the tabloids, it's the enclave of the enclave, Beverly Hills, which I have no idea what an enclave is. If it's chic-chic, it's cool.
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Phil Elverum
American Musician
I want to create a life that is just healthy and peaceful - an enclave, really, of retreat. It's not helpful for the big picture. It's totally selfish to run away like that.
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Maureen Dowd
American Journalist
If there's one thing white men have never had a problem with in this clubby, white marble enclave of Washington, it's getting pulled up the ladder by other men.
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Vaclav Havel
Czechoslovakian Leader
What's certain is that a totalitarian enclave like Cuba's can't continue to exist, so change will definitely come there, eventually.
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Taylor Negron
American Actor
My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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Mary Douglas
British Scientist
I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.
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Black Thought
American Musician
I grew up in Mount Airy, a middle-class enclave in the Northwestern area of Philadelphia.
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