Meanings
adjectivepropunishment (comparative more propunishment, superlative most propunishment)
comparative more propunishment · superlative most propunishment
- Supporting or favouring punishment.
One of the alternative statements represents a prorehabilitation approach while the other represents a propunishment view.
2013, Stanley L. Brodsky, H. O'Neal Smitherman, Handbook of Scales for Research in Crime and Delinquency (page 14)
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propunishment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propunishment
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“propunishment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propunishment. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “propunishment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propunishment.
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