vandalism

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement.

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈvændəlɪzm̩/
Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from French vandalisme, first used by Henri Grégoire to decry the pillage and destruction of art in the course of the French Revolution, in reference to the East Germanic tribe of the Vandals, which looted Rome in 455. By surface analysis, vandal + -ism.

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