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noun
a policy or theory of criminal
justice
that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
Origin:
1965–70;
retributive
+
-ism
Related forms
re·trib·u·tiv·ist,
adjective
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given to using long words.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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