public curiosity

English

Noun

public curiosity (uncountable)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see public,‎ curiosity.
  2. An ambiguous phrase in the Geneva Convention. Can refer to the humiliation of prisoners of war or, under more modern understandings, any publication, exposure, or display of the subjugated inhabitants of occupied territories.
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