recidivist
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
Types & categories
- crook hypernym
Related & opposite
- recidivism derivation
- duplicate derivation
Sense 2 noun
someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
Types & categories
- wrongdoer hypernym
Related & opposite
- recidivism derivation
- backslide derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recidivism |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | duplicate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | crook |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | recidivism |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | backslide |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wrongdoer |