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penalism

noun

Etymology

From penal + -ism.

  1. derived from *kʷoynéh₂✻
  2. derived from ποινή
  3. derived from poenalis
  4. derived from penalis
  5. derived from peinal
  6. suffixed as penalism — “penal + ism”

Definitions

  1. A policy of imposing penalties.

The neighborhood

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