Word: convictism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
vict
ism
Definition: The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
Morphemes:
Affix: convict
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A person deported to a penal colony.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: convictus
Language: la
Decoded: convictus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: convicted
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.