World English Dictionary
| -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 | |||
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