Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

football hooliganism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: foot-bal-l hooli-gan-ism
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fighting at soccer games by football hooligans.

British usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Since the 1980s Chinese professional football has developed tremendously, but the quantity and intensity of football-related social disorder, especially the visibility of football hooliganism, has also increased."
"Religious, subnational, city-based, regional, and generation-based fault lines may draw into football hooliganism more people from higher on the social scale than tends to be the case in England."

Etymology

From football hooligan + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: football hooligan

Usage

British usage
Uncountable

Questions

What does football hooliganism mean?: Fighting at soccer games by football hooligans.
Where does football hooliganism come from?: From football hooligan + -ism.

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