noun
Meaning 1
A door that rotates around a central pivot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
revolving door
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noun
Meaning 2
A system or institution that people exit and immediately reenter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 3
A movement of personnel between roles as legislators and regulators, on the one hand, and members of the industries affected by the legislation and regulation, on the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of recidivism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recidivism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: revolver
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: door
noun
Meaning 6
an organization or institution with a high rate of turnover of personnel or membership
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social group
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: въртяща се врата (vǎrtjašta se vrata) — door that rotates
- Catalan: porta giratòria — door that rotates
- Chinese Mandarin: 旋轉門 /旋转门 (xuánzhuǎnmén) — door that rotates
- Danish: svingdør — door that rotates
- Dutch: draaideur — door that rotates
- Finnish: pyöröovi — door that rotates
- French: porte tournante — door that rotates
- Galician: porta xiratoria — door that rotates
- German: Drehtür — door that rotates
- Hungarian: forgóajtó — door that rotates
- Irish: doras imrothlach — door that rotates
- Italian: bussola — door that rotates
- Italian: porta girevole — door that rotates
- Japanese: 回転ドア (kaiten doa) — door that rotates
- Japanese: 回転扉 (kaitentobira) — door that rotates
- Korean: 회전문 (hoejeonmun) — door that rotates
- Latvian: virpuļdurvis — door that rotates
- Plautdietsch: Dreidäa — door that rotates
- Polish: drzwi obrotowe — door that rotates
- Portuguese: porta giratória — door that rotates
- Romanian: ușă rotativă — door that rotates
- Romanian: ușă turnantă — door that rotates
- Romanian: ușă tambur — door that rotates
- Romanian: ușă giratorie — door that rotates
- Russian: враща́ющаяся дверь (vraščájuščajasja dverʹ) — door that rotates
- Russian: дверь-верту́шка (dverʹ-vertúška) — door that rotates
- Serbo-Croatian: окретна врата — door that rotates
- Serbo-Croatian: okretna vrata — door that rotates
- Spanish: puerta giratoria — door that rotates
- Swedish: svängdörr — door that rotates
- Swedish: karuselldörr — door that rotates
- Swedish: roterdörr — door that rotates
- Swedish: roterande dörr — door that rotates
- Turkish: döner kapı — door that rotates
- Vietnamese: cửa xoay — door that rotates
- Vietnamese: cửa quay — door that rotates
- Welsh: drws tro — door that rotates
- Catalan: porta giratòria — politics
- Chinese Mandarin: 旋轉門現象 /旋转门现象 (xuánzhuǎnmén xiànxiàng) — politics
- Dutch: draaideurpolitiek — politics
- Finnish: pyöröovi-ilmiö — politics
- French: pantouflage — politics
- Galician: porta xiratoria — politics
- German: Drehtür-Effekt — politics
- Italian: porta girevole — politics
- Japanese: 回転ドア人事 (kaiten doa jinji) — politics
- Japanese: 回転ドア方式 (kaiten doa hōshiki) — politics
- Korean: 회전문 인사 (hoejeonmun insa) — politics
- Portuguese: porta giratòria — politics
- Spanish: puerta giratoria — politics