Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superpredator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-preda-tor
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A youth who repeatedly commits violent crimes, said to be a result of being raised without morals.

noun

A predator that eats other predators.

Example Sentences

"In 1996 [DiIulio] authored an incendiary warning of a "rising tide of juvenile superpredators" [and in the National Review] "[a]ll that's left of the black community in […] urban America is deviant, delinquent, and criminal adults[.]""
"Superpredators theoretically arise from dysfunctional homes, inadequate schools, and morally bankrupt communities."

Etymology

From super- + predator. Sociology sense coined by American political scientist John DiIulio in 1995.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super

Inflected Forms

superpredators (plural)

Synonyms

hyperpredator

Questions

What does superpredator mean?: A youth who repeatedly commits violent crimes, said to be a result of being raised without morals.
Where does superpredator come from?: From super- + predator. Sociology sense coined by American political scientist John DiIulio in 1995.

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