hazing

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English

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hazing

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈheɪzɪŋ/
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Rhymes: -eɪzɪŋ

Noun

hazing (countable and uncountable, plural hazings)

(US, Philippines) An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.
Synonym: (South Asia) ragging

Translations

humiliating initiation practices

Afrikaans: ontgroening
Dutch: (Netherlands) ontgroening (nl) f, (Belgium) doop (nl) m, (for students:) studentendoop (nl) m
Esperanto: fiiniciado
Finnish: mopotus (fi) (schools); simputus (fi) (military)
French: bizutage (fr) m
German: Deposition f (archaic), Initiationsritual n
Greek: καψώνι (el) n (kapsóni)
Indonesian: perpeloncoan (id)
Japanese: 扱き (shigoki)
Portuguese: praxe (pt) f (Portugal), trote (pt) m (Brazil)
Spanish: novatada (es) f
Swedish: nollning (sv), inspark (sv), inkilning

See also

Verb

hazing

present participle and gerund of haze

Anagrams

Ghazni, Zanghi

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