streetism n.— «About sixty percent of the youth in the metropolis are unemployed due to lack of skills and the result is “streetism,” drug and substance abuse, immorality and armed robbery.» —“People Should Vote...
streetism n. the living of homeless or unmonitored children on the street, especially when related to drugs, disease, crime, or delinquency. Editorial Note: This term appears to be specific to Anglophone Africa. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
streetism n.— «It was estimated that there were 35, 000 street children in 1991 and that a further 315, 000 were at risk of becoming drawn into streetism.» —“Zambia—70,000 street kids—A day in the life of one of them” by...
streetism n.— «While Circus Ethiopia has sometimes been described as a street-kids circus, Lachance is careful to point out that this is not quite the case. Although the connection to the street is very strong, “you could say that...
streetism n.— «Uncontrolled pregnancies outside the marriage circle have led to a flood of births, with the mothers unable to trace the men responsible. The result is what has come to be known in Ghanaian parlance as “streetism...