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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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