recidivism

English

Etymology

From French récidivisme, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ism.

Noun

recidivism (countable and uncountable, plural recidivisms)

Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.
The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism.
(psychology, psychiatry) Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.
(by extension) Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.
alcohol(ic) recidivism

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d-‎ (0 c, 30 e)

Translations

committing new offenses after being punished for a crime

Arabic: عَوْد‎ (ar) m (ʕawd)
Catalan: recidiva (ca) f, reincidència f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 累犯 (zh) (lěifàn)
French: récidive (fr) f
Georgian: რეციდივიზმი (recidivizmi)
German: Rückfall (de) m
Italian: recidiva (it) f, recidività f
Japanese: 再犯 (ja) (さいはん, saihan)
Korean: 재범 (ko) (jaebeom)
Macedonian: рециди́в m (recidív), рецидиви́зам m (recidivízam)
Manx: aahuittym m
Polish: recydywa (pl) f
Portuguese: reincidência (pt) f
Spanish: reincidencia (es) f

References

recidivism at OneLook Dictionary Search
Synonyms, antonyms, and example usage at recidivism.com/definition/

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