penologicadj.
/ˌpiːnəˈlɒdʒɪk/, U.S. /ˌpinəˈlɑdʒɪk/ Now rare.
= penological adj.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [adjective] > of or relating to penology
penological1847
penologic1900
1900 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 468 The results of modern..penologic research.
1936 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 1 u3 The first book in criminologic or penologic literature devoted exclusively to the problem of crime prevention.
1997 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 21 July Petitioner shall be allowed to participate in all Jewish religious observances open and available to any other inmate..subject to any legitimate religious or penologic restriction as may be presently appropriate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1900- problem parent
- problem picture
- problem play
- problem poem
- problem programmer
- problem situation
- problem skin
- problem solution
- problem spot
- problem story
- problem tackler
- problem tape
- problem term
- problem tourney
- problem-based
- problem-free
- problem-monger
- problem-orientated
- problem-oriented
- problem-ridden
- problem-solve
- problem-solver
- problem-solving
- problem-wise
- problemage