人にん間げん動どう物ぶつ園えん

noun

human zoo

Refers to an exhibition where people are displayed, often in a dehumanizing or colonial context. Also used metaphorically for situations where people feel watched or treated like exhibits.

• 19世せい紀きのヨーロッパでは、人にん間げん動どう物ぶつ園えんが実じっ際さいに存そん在ざいした。

  In 19th-century Europe, human zoos actually existed.

• SNSは時ときに人にん間げん動どう物ぶつ園えんのように感かんじられる。

  Social media sometimes feels like a human zoo.