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shambolism

shambolism noun: a shambolic situation.

Noun

shambolism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A shambolic situation.
    • Poor appointments, early resignations — James McGrath, Tim Parker, Ray Lewis, a general air of shambolism.2009 September 3, Will Woodward, “Tolerating Boris”, in Guardian

Origin of shambolism

From shambolic + -ism.

Questions about shambolism

What does shambolism mean?
Shambolism means a shambolic situation.
What part of speech is shambolism?
Shambolism is a noun.

Words near shambolism in the dictionary

  1. shambokking
  2. shamboks
  3. shambolic
  4. shambolical
  5. shambolically
  6. shambolism
  7. shamboo
  8. shamboos
  9. Shambos
  10. shambrough
  11. shambroughs

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