--- title: "How to pronounce \"retributivist\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"retributivist\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/VkjZHAhKuaI/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/retributivist" --- # How to pronounce "retributivist" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/rɛtrɪbʌtɪvɪst/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **re·tri·bu·ti·vist** ## Meaning & Usage ### ADJECTIVE - Relating to the philosophy of law of retributivism. ### NOUN - A person who holds to retributivism. - *Example*: "“Anyway, the husband is dead,” Fern said. “To hell with him.” “Ooh, a retributivist among us,” Eamon said with a suggestive waggle of eyebrows." ### Example Sentences - "“Anyway, the husband is dead,” Fern said. “To hell with him.” “Ooh, a retributivist among us,” Eamon said with a suggestive waggle of eyebrows." - "The retributivist outlook often brings with it-- in addition to an answer to the question, what's the justification for punishment?" - "So let's start with the retributivist outlook." ### Common Phrases - retributivist outlook - retributivist picture - retributivist reasons - purely retributivist ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (9 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "retributivist" in real conversation: ### Example 1 *Accent: US* > "That's the core of the retributivist outlook. The retributivist outlook often brings with it-- in addition to an answer to the question, what's the justification for punishment? Answer, moral desert--an account of what Kant, in the writings that we read for today, calls the "principle" - **Watch at 34:57**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkjZHAhKuaI&t=2097s) ### Example 2 *Accent: US* > "So let's start with the retributivist outlook." - **Watch at 32:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkjZHAhKuaI&t=1923s) ### Example 3 *Accent: US* > "That's the core of the retributivist outlook." - **Watch at 34:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkjZHAhKuaI&t=2093s) ### Example 4 *Accent: US* > "So the text we read in discussing the retributivist outlook was that of Immanuel Kant." - **Watch at 32:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkjZHAhKuaI&t=1971s) ### Example 5 *Accent: US* > "So too here. The retributivist picture says what matters is not that the" - **Watch at 43:17**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkjZHAhKuaI&t=2597s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "This ought to be done."--this is the retributivist picture-- "that everyone may realize the desert of his deeds."" - **Watch at 44:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkjZHAhKuaI&t=2658s) ### Example 7 *Accent: US* > "their criminal conduct or do we punish for purely retributivist reasons it'll take you a moment on this cartoon but it's worth" - **Watch at 13:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4trZ17GO904&t=800s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "Remember there were problems, it seemed, with the retributivist picture, and problems it seems with the consequentialist picture." - **Watch at 15:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4jWztT5Qj4&t=905s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "On the one hand, it looks like, psychologically, paying attention to backward-looking or retributivist reasons for" - **Watch at 40:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4jWztT5Qj4&t=2411s) ## How to Pronounce "retributivist" - **Syllables**: re · tri · bu · ti · vist - **IPA**: `/rɛtrɪbʌtɪvɪst/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “retributivist”? “retributivist” is pronounced /rɛtrɪbʌtɪvɪst/ (re · tri · bu · ti · vist). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “retributivist”? “retributivist” has 5 syllables: re · tri · bu · ti · vist. ### What does “retributivist” mean? Relating to the philosophy of law of retributivism. ### How can I hear “retributivist” used in real sentences? This page has 9 real-world video examples of “retributivist” with synchronized subtitles. 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