Funishment
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A proposed treatment of criminals that would take them out of wider society (like a traditional prison) but without aiming to punish them. uncountable
"I cannot elaborate in full detail here on the way things would unfold, but the crux is that hard determinism is seen to collapse upon itself: institutions of “funishment” will lose their ability to deter, and prove self-defeating."
- 2 A "punishment" administered for the enjoyment of the submissive, rather than as discipline. countable, uncountable
"[…] when punishment turns into “funishment”, and the Minuscule starts “acting out” in order to have some desired masochistic play."
Example
More examples"I cannot elaborate in full detail here on the way things would unfold, but the crux is that hard determinism is seen to collapse upon itself: institutions of “funishment” will lose their ability to deter, and prove self-defeating."
Etymology
Blend of fun + punishment.
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