English-French translations for demarcation

• démarcation
  Je suis également d'une manière générale opposé à cette démarcation. I am fundamentally opposed to this demarcation.
  Évitons par conséquent de créer des démarcations artificielles. Therefore, let us not create artificial demarcations.
  Il existe une ligne de démarcation claire qui ne doit pas être franchie. There is a clear demarcation line that must not be crossed.
• bornage

Definition of demarcation

• The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire
• Any strictly defined separation

Examples

• There is an alleged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions.

Related words

• demarcation line
• demarcation problem
• problem of demarcation
• line of demarcation