Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retributivist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-tribu-tivist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the philosophy of law of retributivism.

noun

A person who holds to retributivism.

Example Sentences

"“Anyway, the husband is dead,” Fern said. “To hell with him.” “Ooh, a retributivist among us,” Eamon said with a suggestive waggle of eyebrows."

Etymology

Etymology tree English retributive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English retributivist From retributive + -ist.

Inflected Forms

more retributivist (comparative) most retributivist (superlative) retributivists (plural)

Questions

What does retributivist mean?: Relating to the philosophy of law of retributivism.
Where does retributivist come from?: Etymology tree English retributive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English retributivist From retributive + -ist.

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