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criminologist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹɪ.mɪ.nɒ.lə.dʒɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɹɪ.mə.nɑ.lə.dʒɪst/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree English criminal Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English criminology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English criminologist From criminology + -ist.

Meanings

1. One who practices criminology.
   • I have the strongest suspicion that the whole incident is a ridiculous mare's nest, bred in the fantastic imagination of an enthusiastic criminologist. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
   • Derived from the Latin words "scelero" — which means crime or wickedness — and "phobos" meaning fear — scelerophobia is coined by both criminologists and psychologists as the fear of burglars, according to Ayla Faisal, a clinical psychologist and a PhD scholar at the Institute of Clinical Psychology at the University of Karachi. 2023 September 26, Abby Roch, “My house was broken into. Now I have developed a fear of thieves called scelerophobia.”, in Business Insider:
   • Not according to professor James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston who has been studying mass murder for the past three decades. 2012 April 3, Laura Smith-Spark, “Are mass killings on the increase? Criminologist says no”, in CNN:
   • When he finished his stint in Brooklyn, Weisburd decided to team up with Larry Sherman, another young criminologist. 2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 283:

Forms

Translations (31)

he קרימינולוג (person who practices criminology) · pl kryminolog (person who practices criminology) · pt criminologista (person who practices criminology) · ro criminolog (person who practices criminology) · cmn 犯罪學家 /犯罪学家 (person who practices criminology) · ru криминали́стка (person who practices criminology) · he קרימינולוגית (person who practices criminology) · el εγκληματολόγος (person who practices criminology) · es criminólogo (person who practices criminology) · ja 犯罪学者 (person who practices criminology) · de Kriminologe (person who practices criminology) · de Kriminologin (person who practices criminology) · es criminóloga (person who practices criminology) · it criminologo (person who practices criminology) · fr criminologiste (person who practices criminology) · ru криминали́ст (person who practices criminology) · ca crimonòloga (person who practices criminology) · ro criminologistă (person who practices criminology) · de Kriminalistin (person who practices criminology) · ro criminologă (person who practices criminology) · pt criminólogo (person who practices criminology) · it criminologa (person who practices criminology) · nl criminoloog (person who practices criminology) · id kriminolog (person who practices criminology) · de Kriminalist (person who practices criminology) · sv kriminolog (person who practices criminology) · ro criminologist (person who practices criminology) · cmn 犯罪学者 (person who practices criminology) · ca criminòleg (person who practices criminology) · fi kriminologi (person who practices criminology) · ru кримино́лог (person who practices criminology)