ism

Meaning of ism

noun
  1. a distinctive practice, system, or philosophy, typically a political ideology or an artistic movement.
    he loathed isms and any form of dogma

late 17th century: independent usage of -ism.

suffix
  1. forming nouns denoting an action or its result.
    baptism
    exorcism
  2. forming nouns denoting a system, principle, or ideological movement.
    Anglicanism
    feminism
    hedonism
  3. forming nouns denoting a peculiarity in language.
    colloquialism
    Americanism
  4. forming nouns denoting a pathological condition.
    alcoholism

from French -isme, via Latin from Greek -ismos, -isma .

Information about ism

  • The plural form of ism is: isms.
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Hyphenation of ism

ism

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • ism is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

ism synonyms

Meaning doctrine:

doctrine, philosophy

Anagrams of ism

mis, Sim, sim

Words that rhyme with ism

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