recidivism

noun
/rɪˈsɪdɪvɪzm̩/UK

Etymology

From French récidivisme, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ism. By surface analysis, recidive + -ism.

  1. derived from recidīvus — “returning, recurring
  2. derived from récidivisme

Definitions

  1. Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.

    • The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism.
  2. Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.

  3. Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.

    • alcohol(ic) recidivism

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for recidivism. 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