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criminalness

criminalness

9.1
Being involved in illegal acts
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɪmɪnəlnəs/
  • Formal
translation icon : criminalidad
  • The prosecutor argued that the defendant's criminalness was evident from his repeated offenses.

Examples

  • The criminalness of his actions shocked the community.

  • Societal views on criminalness often affect rehabilitation policies.

  • Researchers studied the perception of criminalness among different social groups.

  • Many people are concerned about the rising criminalness in the city.

  • Many people are concerned about the rising criminalness in the city.

  • The prosecutor argued that the defendant's criminalness was evident from his repeated offenses.

  • Societal views on criminalness often affect rehabilitation policies.

Synonyms

criminality
vscriminalness
24 5.6

The amount of crime or the number of people who break the law in an area

is an alternative term used for the same state
illegality
vscriminalness
14 6.7

A state of being against the law

focuses on involvement in crime not just legal contradiction
unlawfulness
vscriminalness
  • Formal
1 6.8

Not following the law

emphasises active involvement in crime rather than mere illegality
criminalism
vscriminalness
  • Specialized
9.6

A situation in which many people take part in illegal acts

is the same involvement named with a different label
feloniousness
vscriminalness
  • Specialized
9.9

The degree to which an act is serious and illegal

is broader covering any involvement in crime not only serious offences
illicitness
vscriminalness
7.9

A state of being illegal or forbidden by law

is specific to active involvement in crime rather than illegal status

Antonyms

innocence
35 3.6

Being free from doing wrong or evil things

lawfulness
  • Formal
1 4.7

Being allowed by law

How Criminal

guilt
187 2.7
criminalness
  • Formal
9.1
suspicion
129 3.2
innocence
159 3.4

Surface Forms

criminalness singular
criminalnesses plural

Morphology

criminalness = criminal (transparent) = criminal + ness

Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'criminal', producing the state or quality of being criminal; the derivation is straightforward though the form is uncommon compared with 'criminality'.

Etymology

Criminalness comes from criminal, itself from crime which means 'a wrong act', and the ending -ness which makes a word for a 'state' or 'quality'. So criminalness is the 'state of being a criminal' or being involved in crime.