In keeping with the goals of the new eugenics movement, McCulloch was claiming to offer scientific evidence of the incorrigibility of poor rural whites.
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Incorrigibility
Synonyms for "incorrigibility" (12 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (6)
Noun(3 words)
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More general
10 entriesbehavioral theorycharacteristicdispositioneducational conceptjuridical statuslegal designationpenal classificationpsychological constructqualitytrait
More specific
8 entriesattitudinal incorrigibilitychronic misbehaviorhabitual defianceincorrigible delinquentincorrigible offenderrecalcitrancerepeat offenderresistance to intervention
Collocations
5 entriesincorrigible behaviorincorrigible conductincorrigible delinquentincorrigible offenderincorrigible tendency
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