“retributivist”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

retributivist

释义

reˈtributivist, n. (and a.)
[f. retributive a. + -ist.]
A believer in retributive justice. Also attrib. or as adj.
1939Mind XLVIII. 157 Retributivists have been pushed into holding that pain ipso facto represses the worse self and frees the better, when this is contrary to the vast majority of observed cases.1968Economist 13 July 48/2 The current fashion..is to take it for granted that certain doctrines, such as the retributivist, are so discredited as to merit nothing but the most perfunctory and hostile attention.1969Listener 17 July 87/3 Why should we punish criminals? ‘To ensure that they get their deserts,’ says the Retributivist.Ibid. 88/1 Most of us have our retributivist moments (‘Are you suggesting that Eichmann should have gone scot free?’).

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