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convictism

noun

Etymology

From convict + -ism.

  1. derived from convictus
  2. derived from convicter
  3. inherited from convicten
  4. suffixed as convictism — “convict + ism”

Definitions

  1. The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements, especially in…

    The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements, especially in Australia.

  2. The convict system as embodied in its subjects

    The convict system as embodied in its subjects; convicts as a group; the convict class.

    • So, in virtue of this last appeal, convictism had established a tacit right to converse in whispers, and to move about inside its oaken cage.
    • It was the simple expression of a necessity for clearing away from home a pressing amount of convictism, and of thus giving to this corrupt portion of society a means of regeneration

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for convictism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA