hooliganism

English

Etymology

From hooligan +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhu.lɪ.ɡən.ɪz.əm/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

hooliganism (usually uncountable, plural hooliganisms)

1. unruly, aggressive behavior; behavior associated with hooligans
   • 1951 October, “Notes and News: Bromsgrove Tombstone Damaged”, in Railway Magazine, page 709:

     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.

Derived terms

• football hooliganism

Translations

behavior

• Armenian: խուլիգանություն (hy) (xuliganutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流氓 (zh) (liúmáng) (行為／行为 (zh) (xíngwéi))

• French: hooliganisme (fr) m
• German: Rowdytum (de) n, Hooliganismus (de) m
• Greek: χουλιγκανισμός (el) m (chouligkanismós)
• Hindi: गुंडागर्दी f (guṇḍāgardī)
• Irish: amhasóireacht f
• Japanese: 悪たれ (あくたれ, akutare)
• Kazakh: бұзақылық (būzaqylyq)
• Polish: chuliganizm m, chuligaństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: holiganismo m
• Romanian: huliganism (ro) n
• Russian: хулига́нство (ru) n (xuligánstvo)
• Spanish: gamberrismo m, vandalismo (es) m
• Swedish: huliganism (sv) c