hooliganism

hooliganism
Unruly aggressive behavior; behavior associated with hooligans

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  • Hooliganism — refers to unruly and destructive behaviour. Such behaviour is commonly associated with sports fans, particularly supporters of professional football and university sports. In some countries, the hooligan elements of a group of supporters are… …   Wikipedia

  • hooliganism — 1898, from HOOLIGAN (Cf. hooligan) + ISM (Cf. ism) …   Etymology dictionary

  • hooliganism — [[t]hu͟ːlɪgənɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT Hooliganism is the behaviour and actions of hooligans. ...police investigating football hooliganism …   English dictionary

  • hooliganism — noun Hooliganism is used after these nouns: ↑football …   Collocations dictionary

  • Hooliganism —    Ernest Weekly, in his Romance of Words (1912), says the original Hooligans were a spirited Irish family of that name whose activities enlivened the drab monotony of life in Southwark, England, about fourteen years earlier. Clarence Rook s… …   Dictionary of eponyms

  • hooliganism — hooligan ► NOUN ▪ a violent young troublemaker. DERIVATIVES hooliganism noun. ORIGIN possibly from Hooligan, the surname of a fictional rowdy Irish family in a music hall song of the 1890s …   English terms dictionary

  • hooliganism — noun Date: 1898 rowdy, violent, or destructive behavior …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hooliganism — See hooligan. * * * …   Universalium

  • hooliganism — hoo·li·gan·ism || huːlɪgÉ™nɪzm n. characteristic behavior of hoodlums or hooligans …   English contemporary dictionary

  • hooliganism — hoo·li·gan·ism …   English syllables

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