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noun
1.
repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
2.
Psychiatry. the chronic tendency toward repetition of criminal or antisocial behavior patterns.
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Recidivist
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Example Sentences
- Abson as a recidivist felon who preyed on older people and was suspected in a series of.
- Just talked with my recidivist avoider of quotation marks.
- Gross overcrowding has led to a sky-high recidivist rate.
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Word Origin & History
recidivist
1880, "relapsed criminal," from Fr. récidiviste, from récidiver "to fall back, relapse," from M.L. recidivare "to relapse into sin," from L. recidivus "falling back," from recidere "fall back," from re- "back, again" + comb. form of caedere "to fall" (see
EXPAND concise). Recidivation in the spiritual sense is attested from c.1420, was very common 17c.
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recidivism re·cid·i·vism (rĭ-sĭd'ə-vĭz'əm)
n.
A tendency to lapse into a previous pattern of behavior, especially a pattern of criminal habits.
The relapse of a disease or symptom. Also called recidivation.
recidivist re·cid·i·vist (rĭ-sĭd'ə-vĭst)
n.
A person who relapses, especially by returning to criminal behavior.
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