telishment

发音

/ˈtɛlɪʃmənt/

词形变化

telishments 复数 telishments

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act or institution of punishing the innocent for the sake of providing deterrence.

    不可数

词源

Coined by John Rawls in his 1955 paper “Two Concepts of Rules”. Probably a portmanteau of the Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “result; end; loosely, the greater good”) and the English (pun)ishment. Compare telish.

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