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-ism suffix forming nouns 1. indicating an action, process, or result criticism terrorism 2. indicating a state or condition paganism 3. indicating a doctrine, system, or body of principles and practices Leninism spiritualism 4. indicating behaviour or a characteristic quality heroism 5. indicating a characteristic usage, esp of a language colloquialism Scotticism 6. indicating prejudice on the basis specified sexism ageism [from Old French -isme, from Latin -ismus, from Greek -ismos] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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