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German
Etymology
Vandale + -ismus, after French vandalisme
Pronunciation
Noun
Vandalismus m (strong, genitive Vandalismus, no plural)
- vandalism
- Synonyms: mutwillige Zerstörung, Zerstörungswut, Rowdytum
- 1802, Friedrich Schlichtegroll (ed.), Nekrolog der Teutschen für das neunzehnte Jahrhundert, vol. 1, bey Justus Perthes: Gotha, p. 266:
Der Aufsatz unseres vortrefflichen Freundes (Böttiger) über den Vandalismum der Franzosen rechtfertigt den Haß und die Verachtung, die ich von Jugend auf gegen diese schändlichste aller Nationen gehegt habe.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Vandalismus
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