Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

convictism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-vic-tism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements, especially in Australia.

Uncountable

noun

The convict system as embodied in its subjects; convicts as a group; the convict class.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"So, in virtue of this last appeal, convictism had established a tacit right to converse in whispers, and to move about inside its oaken cage."
"It was the simple expression of a necessity for clearing away from home a pressing amount of convictism, and of thus giving to this corrupt portion of society a means of regeneration"

Etymology

From convict + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: convict

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

transportation

Questions

What does convictism mean?: The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements, especially in Australia.
Where does convictism come from?: From convict + -ism.

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