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PENOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does penologist mean?
• PENOLOGIST (noun)
The noun PENOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management
Familiarity information: PENOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who studies the theory and practice of prison management
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("penologist" is a kind of...):
social scientist (someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships)
Derivation:
penology (the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation)
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