vigilantism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English vigilante 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 vigilantism From vigilante + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
Mr Shapiro also criticised the way Israel governs in the occupied lands, saying “too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes unchecked,” he said.
2016 February 6, James Zogby, “Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace”, in The National, archived from the original on 22 May 2021, retrieved 08 Feb 2016:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vigilantisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| vigilanteism | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (11)
fi omankädenoikeus (activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands) · de Vigilantentum (activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands) · es vigilantismo (activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands) · es justicierismo (activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands) · hu önkényes igazságosztás/rendfenntartás (activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands) · hu vigilantizmus (activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands) · hu önkéntes/önjelölt polgárőrség (activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands) · hu önbíráskodás (activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands) · fi vigilantismi (activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands) · de Vigilantismus (activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands) · de Selbstjustiz (activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands)