English Explanatory Dictionary

-icism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms abstract nouns from Greek or Latin bases.

Pronunciation

/ɪsɪzem/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--icisim.wav

Word forms

-icism

Etymology

From -ic + -ism, either based directly on the adjective in -ic (as in asceticism, mysticism), or on the verb in -ise (as in anglicism). Some productivity within English, as in witticism (1670s, by analogy with criticism).

Derived words

academicism aestheticism agnosticism anglicism athleticism classicism criticism cynicism eclecticism empiricism esotericism fanaticism pedanticism stoicism witticism
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