Convictism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements, especially in Australia. uncountable
  2. 2
    The convict system as embodied in its subjects; convicts as a group; the convict class. uncountable

    "So, in virtue of this last appeal, convictism had established a tacit right to converse in whispers, and to move about inside its oaken cage."

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transportationtransportation

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"So, in virtue of this last appeal, convictism had established a tacit right to converse in whispers, and to move about inside its oaken cage."

Etymology

From convict + -ism.

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