The practice, behavior, or system of bullying; aggressive intimidation or harassment (rare/specialized term).
From 'bull' or 'bully' + '-ism' (system or practice), creating a noun describing the systemic nature of bullying behavior. A less common variant of 'bullying' used in some academic contexts.
While 'bullying' is the word everyone knows, 'bullism' tries to frame it as an organized system rather than just individual acts—some researchers use it to emphasize how institutional bullying is a real structure!
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