Superpredator
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Superpredator is a noun meaning (sociology) A youth who repeatedly commits violent crimes, said to be a result of being raised without morals.
Meaning
(sociology) A youth who repeatedly commits violent crimes, said to be a result of being raised without morals.
More Meanings
- (biology) A predator that eats other predators.
Example Sentences
Superpredators theoretically arise from dysfunctional homes, inadequate schools, and morally bankrupt communities.
In 1996 [DiIulio] authored an incendiary warning of a "rising tide of juvenile superpredators" [and in the National Review] "[a]ll that's left of the black community in […] urban America is deviant, delinquent, and criminal adults[.]"
Word Forms
- superpredators
Synonyms for superpredator
Depending on context, synonyms include hyperpredator.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include psychopath, habitual, hoodlum, recidivist, monster, adultoid.
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