arroccamento
entrenchment
noun ar-rok-kah-MEN-toh Rare
Origin: From arroccars (to castle in chess), from rocco (rook).
Also means
castling
Usage Note
Arroccamento literally refers to the chess move castling (arrocco), but in political and journalistic Italian it is overwhelmingly used figuratively to mean a defensive retreat or entrenchment of a position — digging in rather than engaging: l'arroccamento del governo sulle proprie posizioni (the government's entrenchment in its positions).
Examples
"Il partito ha scelto l'arroccamento invece del dialogo."
Natural Translation
The party chose entrenchment instead of dialogue.
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