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PRONUNCIATION OF PENNALISM

pennalism  [ˈpɛnəˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENNALISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pennalism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PENNALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pennalism

Hazing

Hazing is the practice of rituals and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group. Hazing is seen in many different types of social groups, including gangs, sports teams, schools, military units, and fraternities and sororities. In the United States and Canada, hazing is often associated with Greek-letter organizations. Hazing is often prohibited by law and may comprise either physical or psychological abuse. It may also include nudity or sexually-oriented offenses.

Definition of pennalism in the English dictionary

The definition of pennalism in the dictionary is a system of mild oppression and torment formerly practiced upon first-year students of German Protestant universities.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENNALISM


brutalism
ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
colonialism
kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm
formalism
ˈfɔːməˌlɪzəm
imperialism
ɪmˈpɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
liberalism
ˈlɪbərəˌlɪzəm
literalism
ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm
materialism
məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
minimalism
ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
Orientalism
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm
photojournalism
ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENNALISM

penn´orth
penna
pennaceous
pennae
pennal
pennant
pennate
pennated
pennatulaceous
penne
penned
penneech
penner
Penney
penni
pennied
pennies
penniform
penniless
pennilessly

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENNALISM

alcoholism
cannibalism
citizen journalism
communalism
environmentalism
factionalism
federalism
fundamentalism
idealism
individualism
industrialism
initialism
intellectualism
multiculturalism
multilateralism
mutualism
pastoralism
photorealism
pluralism
spiritualism
traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of pennalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pennalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENNALISM

Find out the translation of pennalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pennalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pennalism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pennalism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pennalism
570 millions of speakers

English

pennalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pennalism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pennalism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pennalism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pennalism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pennalism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pennalism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pennalisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pennalism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pennalism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pennalism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pennalism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pennalism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pennalism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेन्नलिझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pennalism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pennalism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pennalism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pennalism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pennalism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pennalism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pennalism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pennalism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pennalism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pennalism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENNALISM»

The term «pennalism» is used very little and occupies the 170.443 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PENNALISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pennalism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pennalism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pennalism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENNALISM»

Discover the use of pennalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pennalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
American Journal of Education
8 Universities and Colleges 5 University Life— Past and Present Deposition, Pennalism, Lanilmannschaftcn Tripos, Prevaricator, Terms Filius Vail, T. II., Methods of UsingBooks Vassar, M., Memoir and Portrait Veurli, J., Industrial Element in ...
‎1880
2
African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and ...
The word pennalism derives from the requirement that freshmen carry their pens and cases with them at all times to be used in lectures, and if by chance an upperclassman did not have a pen, the freshman would have to give his up and get ...
Tamara L. Brown, Gregory S. Parks, Clarenda M. Phillips, 2012
3
Barnard's American Journal of Education
Wolfgang Heyder, of Jena,§ in 100 7, the whole repulsive life of a rude, disorderly student is described in the strongest language ; but Pennalism is not alluded to in it. But only a few years hiter, about 1010 and 1011, it first appeared, | and for ...
Henry Barnard, 1859
4
The American Journal of Education
Saxony was first ; Pennalism being driven out from her universities of Wittenberg, Jena, and Leipzig, by the regulation that a student expelled from one of them for that reason, should not be admitted into either of the others. This example was ...
Henry Barnard, 1859
5
Contributions to the history and improvement of the germn ...
J B. PENNALISM. The Deposition, in spite of all the tragi-comic annoyances to which the new-comers had to subject themselves, was still, as we have seen, intended in earnest ; was even recognized, and indeed commanded, in the ...
Karl Von Raumer, 1859
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Encyclopædia Americana: a popular dictionary of arts, ...
(See Pennalism.) The latter were abused by the former, and, when they succeeded to their places, abused those who came after them. (See Schottgen's History of Pennalism, 1747.) This lasted almost 100 years. In the beginning of the  ...
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1840
7
Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs, and Challenges of ...
During this time of pennalism, freshmen were subject to having to don weird articles of clothing, physical abuse, coarse jokes, and extortion of money or dinners.4 Pennalism was more of a onetime event that lasted only a short period. As the ...
Walter M. Kimbrough, 2003
8
Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge ...
A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People. PENNALISM— PENNATULA PENNON— PENNY. Orange as William IIL, P. was twice accused of treason, and of corresponding with the exiled monarch, but was acquitted. In 1690 he was ...
‎1886
9
The Hazing Reader
At that time it was called "pennalism," and during the 1600s it became a requirement for graduation. University administrators and upperclassmen believed that underclassmen were uncivilized and had to be properly groomed. The pennalism ...
Hank Nuwer, 2004
10
From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
On the contrary, their fagging system and pennalism are, after all, undeniably banal; and their subaltern social forms constitute the very opposite of such an education. The most stupid Anglo-Saxon club offers more of a cosmopolitan education, ...
Max Weber, 2013

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENNALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pennalism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Markus Allard och Hasse Arvidsson: "Inför sprutbyten!"
... mötas med öppenhet och hjälpande hand snarare än med trångsynt pennalism och intränande politikerläten om att missbrukare bara har sig ... «Nyheter24, Feb 15»
2
Dissecting Health Care's Unhealthy Work Environment
Hazing can be traced back to the 17th century when schools in Northern Africa and Western Europe required "pennalism" as part of the ... «Workforce Management, Mar 13»

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