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rowdyism|ˈraʊdɪɪz(ə)m|
[f. rowdy n.1 + -ism.]
Conduct characteristic of rowdies.
1842S. Longfellow Let. 8 Feb. in Lett. Charles Dickens (1974) III. 40/1 [Charles Dickens was] very animated and talkative,..with..the slightest tincture of rowdyism in his appearance. 1857B. Taylor N. Trav. xx. 205 The purposed rowdyism of the man's style shows a little too plainly. 1874Burnand My Time xxxi. 310 Door-knocker wrenching, street-fighting, and suchlike rowdyism. 1893Leland Mem. I. 302 The degrading influences of this rowdyism. 1936I. L. Idriess Cattle King xx. 189 Perhaps the hostility and rowdyism that the Salvation Army had to suffer..aroused his sympathy. 1955Times 20 Aug. 6/1 The seriousness with which the commission regards the situation..from the relatively minor demonstration in Saarbrücken last Saturday night to the rowdyism in Neunkirchen on Wednesday night. 1976Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 15 Nov. 2/8 The problems presented by late night rowdyism. |