vandalismn.
/ˈvandəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈvandl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈvændlˌɪzəm/ 1. The conduct or spirit characteristic of, or attributed to, the Vandals in respect of culture; ruthless destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or venerable; in weakened sense, barbarous, ignorant, or inartistic treatment.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [noun] > philistinism
Gothicism1710
Gothism1715
philistinism1793
vandalism1798
Babbitry1920
Babbittism1925
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > vandalism or iconoclasm
spulyiationa1688
book burninga1722
spoliation1752
iconoclasm1797
vandalism1798
biblioclasm1864
skoob1963
trashing1970
vandalizing1979
1798 H. M. Williams Lett. France IV. 179 Those barbarous triumphs are passed and anarchy and vandalism can return no more.
1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 8 684 The writers, who bring against certain philosophic innovationists a clamorous charge of Vandalism.
1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 vii. 497 After several hours of that unavailing Vandalism, which set houses and palaces on fire, they were compelled to beat a retreat.
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 35 Monuments, through the lapse of time and the barbarous hand of modern Vandalism, become in many cases..decayed and mutilated.
2. An instance of this; a vandalistic act.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > vandalism or iconoclasm > act of
vandalism1882
vandalization1984
1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xxii. 218 The vandalisms that have changed the fair scene..into its present shape.
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