-ism
Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
See also ism
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismos), a suffix that forms abstract nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine; from Ancient Greek -ισμα (-isma), from stem of verbs in -ιζειν (-izein).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Suffix
-ism
- the action or result of a verb
- a principle, belief or movement
- chauvinism (coined after Nicolas Chauvin)
- conservatism (from conservative)
- Cubism
- externalism
- feminism (from femina, Latin for woman)
- liberalism
- Marxism (coined after Karl Marx)
- masculism (from masculus, Latin for male)
- a form of prejudice or discrimination, either for or against a group
- alphabetism (from alphabet)
- nationism (from nation)
- racism (from race)
- religionism (from religion)
- sexism (from sex)
- sexualism (from sexuality)
- ableism (from able)
- heterosexism (from heterosexual)
- the defining attribute of a person or thing
- heroism (from hero)
- Shakespeareanism (coined after William Shakespeare)
- a disorder
- autism (from autós, Greek for "self")
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
a principle, belief or movement
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Suffix
-ism n.
- ism (indicates a belief or principle)
- creştinism - Christianity
- anarhism - anarchism
[edit] Declension
declension of -ism
