hooliganism
/ˈhu.lɪ.ɡən.ɪz.əm/
hooliganism noun: unruly, aggressive behavior; behavior associated with hooligans.
Noun
hooliganism (usually uncountable, plural hooliganisms)
- unruly, aggressive behavior; behavior associated with hooligans
- Only one [tomb] stone was damaged (the Scaife one), and this took place on Friday, March 2, 1951, as a result of hooliganism on the part of two boys.1951 October, “Notes and News: Bromsgrove Tombstone Damaged”, in Railway Magazine, page 709
- an offence analogous to disorderly conduct or breach of the peace in several post-Soviet jurisdictions and historically in the People's Republic of China
- In 1956, convictions for hooliganism exploded and a wave of deviant activity swept through the country that was noted as new and unheralded.2006, Brian Lapierre, “Making Hooliganism on a Mass Scale: The campaign against petty hooliganism in the Soviet Union, 1956-1964”, in Cahiers du Monde russe, volume 47, numbers 1-2, page 349
- ‘Hooliganism,’ in this sense of the term, is not to be confused with hooliganism in the context of sports games. While the former describes a criminal act, the latter is a generalized mode of unruly public conduct undertaken by fans to demonstrate devotion to their team through intimidation...2019, Noelle Wurst, “Power, Punk, and Performance: A Critical Analysis of Hooligan Laws in Russia”, in Rollins College Honors Program Theses, volume 94, page 5
hooliganism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
hooliganism in Hindi
- behavior
- गुंडागर्दी guṇḍāgardī
hooliganism in Tamil
- குண்டர்த்தனம்
hooliganism in Urdu
- آوارگی, غنڈا پن, شہدا پن
hooliganism in Malayalam
- hooliganism
- പോക്കിത്തരം pōkkittaraṁ, പോക്കിരിത്തരം pōkkirittaraṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- hooliganism in Kannada
- ಪುಂಡತನ, ಗೂಂಡಾಗಿರಿ
Examples of hooliganism in a sentence
- ‘Hooliganism,’ in this sense of the term, is not to be confused with hooliganism in the context of sports games.2019, Noelle Wurst, “Power, Punk, and Performance: A Critical Analysis of Hooligan Laws in Russia”, in Rollins College Honors Program...
- “Picking quarrels and provoking trouble” first appeared in Chinese law under the vague crime of hooliganism[…] Defendants could be sentenced to seven years in prison, or even death.2021 August 25, Guo Rui, “‘Picking quarrels and provoking trouble’: how China’s catch-all crime muzzles dissent”, in South China Morning...
Forms of hooliganism
| plural | hooliganisms |
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Origin of hooliganism
From hooligan + -ism.
Words formed from hooliganism
Questions about hooliganism
- What does hooliganism mean?
- Hooliganism means unruly, aggressive behavior; behavior associated with hooligans.
- What is hooliganism in Hindi?
- Hooliganism in Hindi is गुंडागर्दी (guṇḍāgardī). See Hooliganism meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use hooliganism in a sentence?
- ‘Hooliganism,’ in this sense of the term, is not to be confused with hooliganism in the context of sports games.
- What part of speech is hooliganism?
- Hooliganism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hooliganism?
- Hooliganism is pronounced /ˈhu.lɪ.ɡən.ɪz.əm/.
- What is the plural of hooliganism?
- The plural of hooliganism is hooliganisms.
Words near hooliganism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hooliganism (page history and authors); hooliganism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hooliganism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പോക്കിത്തരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); hooliganism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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