Word: gangsterism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: gang
ster
ism
Definition: The behavior of a gangster; organized crime.
Morphemes:
Affix: gang
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
Affix: -ster
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.