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hooliganisms

hooliganisms is the plural of hooliganism.

Meaning of hooliganism

Noun

hooliganism (usually uncountable, plural hooliganisms)

  1. (usually) 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
  2. (usually) 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

Questions about hooliganisms

What is hooliganisms the plural of?
Hooliganisms is the plural of hooliganism.

Words near hooliganisms in the dictionary

  1. hooligan firms
  2. hooligan tool
  3. hooliganing
  4. hooliganish
  5. hooliganism
  6. hooliganisms
  7. hooliganistic
  8. hooliganistically
  9. hooliganize
  10. hooliganized
  11. hooliganizes

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