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- noun The practices or beliefs of
skinheads .
Etymologies
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Examples
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David shaved his head, grew it out, wore a mohawk for a while, finally committed to skinheadism.
Chicago Reader 2010
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American skinheadism that enraged Dwayne and his friends, to label him "absurdly courteous."
Chicago Reader 2010
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It is generally acknowledged that modern skinheadism has some roots in the punk movement; but the skins 'more abiding and important heritage was the product, ironically enough, of a crucial crosscultural and cross-racial leap made by a group of late-blooming English mods in the late 60s.
Chicago Reader 2010
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The night he was beat up, David Scott Gravatt told a Skokie detective that his interest in skinheadism "ended at about seven o'clock last night."
Chicago Reader 2010
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It's interesting to note that, unlike most Nazi skins, Martell apparently came to skinheadism through white power, rather than vice versa.
Chicago Reader 2010
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