Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is in favor of correctional methods in the management of delinquents. Also used adjectively.
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Examples
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Those smitten with the institution craze or with any extreme correctionalist views will never solve the problem of criminal youths.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene G. Stanley Hall 1885
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