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CRIMINALNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does criminalness mean?
• CRIMINALNESS (noun)
The noun CRIMINALNESS has 1 sense:
1. the state of being a criminal
Familiarity information: CRIMINALNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being a criminal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
criminalism; criminality; criminalness
Hypernyms ("criminalness" is a kind of...):
guilt; guiltiness (the state of having committed an offense)
Derivation:
criminal (guilty of crime or serious offense)
criminal (involving or being or having the nature of a crime)
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