Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recriminalization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-crim-i-nal-iza-tion
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of recriminalizing.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Extra-legal raids in Moscow and Leningrad in which 130 males were arrested in late summer 1933 were the harbinger of the recriminalization of male homosexuality later that year."

Etymology

From re- + criminalization.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Usage

Inflected Forms

recriminalizations (plural)

Questions

What does recriminalization mean?: The act of recriminalizing.
Where does recriminalization come from?: From re- + criminalization.

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