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recidivistic

recidivistic adjective: being a recidivist; inclined to revert to previous behaviours.

Adjective

recidivistic (comparative more recidivistic, superlative most recidivistic)

  1. Being a recidivist; inclined to revert to previous behaviours.

Forms of recidivistic

comparativemore recidivistic
superlativemost recidivistic

Origin of recidivistic

From recidivist + -ic.

Words formed from recidivistic

Questions about recidivistic

What does recidivistic mean?
Recidivistic means being a recidivist; inclined to revert to previous behaviours.
What part of speech is recidivistic?
Recidivistic is an adjective.

Words near recidivistic in the dictionary

  1. recidives
  2. recidiving
  3. recidivism
  4. recidivisms
  5. recidivist
  6. recidivistic
  7. recidivistically
  8. recidivists
  9. recidivize
  10. recidivized
  11. recidivizes

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