rowdy behaviour or tendencies or a habitual pattern of rowdy behaviour
the problem of rowdyism at football matches
rowdyism in American English
(ˈraudiˌɪzəm)
noun
rough, disorderly behavior
Word origin
[1835–45, Amer.; rowdy + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: catch-up, communism, faceplate, placement, protein-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)
Examples of 'rowdyism' in a sentence
rowdyism
There is an air of bored resignation among our police forces about rowdyism on estates.