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retributivists

retributivists is the plural of retributivist.

Meaning of retributivist

Noun

retributivist (plural retributivists)

  1. A person who holds to retributivism.
    • “Anyway, the husband is dead,” Fern said. “To hell with him.”
      “Ooh, a retributivist among us,” Eamon said with a suggestive waggle of eyebrows.2022, Jennifer Egan, The Candy House, Corsair, page 10

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Questions about retributivists

What is retributivists the plural of?
Retributivists is the plural of retributivist.

Words near retributivists in the dictionary

  1. retributive
  2. retributively
  3. retributiveness
  4. retributivism
  5. retributivist
  6. retributivists
  7. retributor
  8. retributors
  9. retributory
  10. retributress
  11. retrick

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