convictism

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounconvictism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements, especially in Australia.
  2. uncountableThe 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.

    1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of his Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 51
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    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

    1865, William Howitt, The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand […]

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

From convict + -ism.

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convictism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/convictism

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “convictism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/convictism.

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