skinheadism
skinheadism noun: the practices or beliefs of skinheads.
Noun
skinheadism (uncountable)
- The practices or beliefs of skinheads.
- Never mind about the publishers, weren't we doing the same thing, trying to make a bob or two out of somebody else's life, while making nice liberal arguments about wanting to tell the truth about skinheadism?1972, Susie Daniel, Pat Doyle, Pete McGuire, The Paint House: words from an East End gang
- Some of this confusion or misinformation is minor, except that it obscures the symbiotic nature of English and American punk and therefore the origins of skinheadism in America where the style finally became implanted in the seventies[…]1993, Jack B. Moore, Skinheads shaved for battle: a cultural history of American skinheads, page 52
Origin of skinheadism
From skinhead + -ism.
Questions about skinheadism
- What does skinheadism mean?
- Skinheadism means the practices or beliefs of skinheads.
- What part of speech is skinheadism?
- Skinheadism is a noun.
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