row·dy·ism

[rou-dee-iz-uhm]
noun
rough, disorderly behavior.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; rowdy + -ism

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rowdyism (ˈraʊdɪɪzəm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
rowdy behaviour or tendencies or a habitual pattern of rowdy behaviour: the problem of rowdyism at football matches

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Rowdyism is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Example sentences
There was never any rowdyism allowed about the place.
The government tends to proceed by identifying a menace, be it terrorism, knife crime or teenage rowdyism.
While there is an un usual amount of boisterousness there was absolutely no rowdyism, no quarreling nor fighting.
There is no rowdyism in the village, no nocturnal rampages making night hideous.
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