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recriminalisation

recriminalisation is the alternative form of recriminalization.

Meaning of recriminalization

Noun

recriminalization (countable and uncountable, plural recriminalizations)

  1. The act of recriminalizing.
    • 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.2030 October 7, Leslie Feinberg, “Can a homosexual be a member of the Communist Party?”, in Workers World

Origin of recriminalisation

From re- + criminalisation.

Questions about recriminalisation

What is recriminalisation the alternative form of?
Recriminalisation is the alternative form of recriminalization.

Words near recriminalisation in the dictionary

  1. recreotourism
  2. recrew
  3. recrewed
  4. recrewing
  5. recrews
  6. recriminalisation
  7. recriminalization
  8. recriminalizations
  9. recriminalize
  10. recriminalized
  11. recriminalizes

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