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The noun RECIDIVIST has 2 senses: 1. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior). 2. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior. Familiarity information: RECIDIVIST used as a noun is rare.
The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism. ( 1 psychology, psychiatry) Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior. ( by extension) Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.