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recriminalization

recriminalization noun: the act of recriminalizing.

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

Forms of recriminalization

pluralrecriminalizations

Origin of recriminalization

From re- + criminalization.

Questions about recriminalization

What does recriminalization mean?
Recriminalization means the act of recriminalizing.
What part of speech is recriminalization?
Recriminalization is a noun.
What is the plural of recriminalization?
The plural of recriminalization is recriminalizations.

Words near recriminalization in the dictionary

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

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