Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penal populism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
pe-nal pop-ulism
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A process in which the major political parties compete with each other to be tough on crime.

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What does penal populism mean?
A process in which the major political parties compete with each other to be tough on crime.

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