retributivist

English

Etymology

From retributive +‎ -ist.

Adjective

retributivist (comparative more retributivist, superlative most retributivist)

1. Relating to the philosophy of law of retributivism.

Noun

retributivist (plural retributivists)

1. A person who holds to retributivism.
   • 2022, Jennifer Egan, The Candy House, Corsair, page 10:

     “Anyway, the husband is dead,” Fern said. “To hell with him.”
     “Ooh, a retributivist among us,” Eamon said with a suggestive waggle of eyebrows.