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Definition of Hazing
1. Noun. (American English) An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hazing
1. an attempt to embarrass or ridicule [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hazing
Literary usage of Hazing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Individual Training in Our Colleges by Clarence Frank Birdseye (1907)
"hazing long survived Freshman Servitude. Rude horseplay followed the grouping of
a lot ... In some cases hazing and rushing are countenanced by the college ..."
2. Arms and the Boy: Military Training in Schools and Colleges, Its Value in by Leigh Robinson Gignilliat (1916)
"If the discipline of the school can not command the new cadet's respect without
being reinforced by hazing, the discipline is not of the best sort Sentiment ..."
3. From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a by Arthur Wallace Dunn (1922)
"... Strike Averted by the Adam- son Eight-Hour Law—Child Labor Law—hazing Harding.
•"THE year 1916 was not one of ease for the President * or the country. ..."
4. Our Own Times: A Continuous History of the Twentieth Century by Hazlitt Alva Cuppy, Bannister Merwin (1904)
"Both the congressional committee and the military court came to the conclusion
that the death of Booz had not been due to injuries received from hazing. ..."
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