Meanings
nounrecriminalization (countable and uncountable, plural recriminalizations)
plural recriminalizations
- countableuncountableThe act of recriminalizing.
Extra-legal raids in Moscow and Leningrad in which 130 males were arrested in late summer 1933 were the harbinger of the recriminalization of male homosexuality later that year.
2030 October 7, Leslie Feinberg, “Can a homosexual be a member of the Communist Party?”, in Workers World
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recriminalization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recriminalization
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“recriminalization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recriminalization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recriminalization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recriminalization.
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