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-ism

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-ism
suff.
1. Action; process; practice: terrorism.
2. Characteristic behavior or quality: heroism.
3.
a. State; condition; quality: pauperism.
b. State or condition resulting from an excess of something specified: strychninism.
4. Distinctive or characteristic trait: Latinism.
5.
a. Doctrine; theory; system of principles: pacifism.
b. An attitude of prejudice against a given group: racism.
[Middle English -isme, from Old French, from Latin -ismus, from Greek -ismos, n. suff.]
-ism
suffix
1. indicating a political or religious belief: socialism, Judaism
2. indicating a characteristic quality: heroism
3. indicating an action: exorcism
4. indicating prejudice on the basis specified: sexism


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