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gangsterism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
gang-ster-ism
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The behavior of a gangster; organized crime.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English gangster Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English gangsterism From gangster + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

gangsterisms (plural)

Questions

What does gangsterism mean?
The behavior of a gangster; organized crime.
Where does gangsterism come from?
Etymology tree English gangster Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English gangsterism From gangster + -ism.

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