rowdyism

[ rou-dee-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. rough, disorderly behavior.

ˈrowdyism

/ ˈraʊdɪɪzəm /

noun

1. rowdy behaviour or tendencies or a habitual pattern of rowdy behaviour

   the problem of rowdyism at football matches

Word History and Origins

Origin of rowdyism¹

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; rowdy + -ism

Example Sentences

The proceedings at Madison Square Garden were broadcast live on the radio, and, in some parts of America, as Murray writes, there was shock at the “urban rowdyism” of Smith’s supporters.

From The New Yorker

Legco, never powerful, has degenerated into farce as frustrated radicals resort to rowdyism and filibusters.

From Economist

The Parisian Apache, so self-styled after the North American Indian tribe, is a much more dangerous character; mere rowdyism, the characteristic of the English “hooligan,” is replaced by murder, robbery and outrage.

From Project Gutenberg

The event was made the occasion of rowdyism unimpeded by any surveillance on the part of the government authorities.

From Project Gutenberg

But some men mean by college spirit something finer than lawlessness, dissipation, and rowdyism.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• hooliganism