recidivism

English

Etymology

From French récidivisme, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ism.

Noun

recidivism (countable and uncountable, plural recidivisms)

Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.
The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism.
(psychology, psychiatry) Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.
(by extension) Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.
alcohol(ic) recidivism

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recidivism' title='recidivism'>recidivism</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recidivist' title='recidivist'>recidivist</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recidivistic' title='recidivistic'>recidivistic</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recidivous' title='recidivous'>recidivous</a>

Translations

committing new offenses after being punished for a crime

Arabic: عَوْد‎ (ar) m (ʿawd)
French: récidive (fr) f
Georgian: რეციდივიზმი (recidivizmi)
Italian: recidiva (it) f, recidività f

Korean: 재범 (ko) (jaebeom)
Manx: aahuittym m
Portuguese: reincidência (pt) f
Spanish: reincidencia (es) f

References

"recidivism" at OneLook Dictionary Search
Synonyms, antonyms, and example usage at recidivism.com/definition/

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