different between vandalize vs vandalism

English

Alternative forms

• vandalise (chiefly British)

Etymology

vandal +? -ize

Verb

vandalize (third-person singular simple present vandalizes, present participle vandalizing, simple past and past participle vandalized)

1. US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of vandalise.

Derived terms

• vandalisation, vandalization

Related terms

• vandal
• vandalism

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

vandalize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of vandalizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of vandalizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of vandalizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of vandalizar

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?vænd?l?zm?/

Noun

vandalism (countable and uncountable, plural vandalisms)

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

   Synonym: vandalization

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Derived terms

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Translations

Further reading

• vandalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

From French vandalisme

Noun

vandalism n (uncountable)

1. vandalism

Declension

Swedish

Noun

vandalism c

1. vandalism

Declension