English Explanatory Dictionary

ism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism.
  2. A form of discrimination, such as racism or sexism.
name
  1. Initialism of Institute for Supply Management.
noun
  1. Initialism of Imperial Service Medal.
  2. Abbreviation of interstellar medium.
  3. Initialism of industrial scientific medical.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪz.əm/ en-us-ism.ogg

Word forms

ism isms

Etymology

From the suffix -ism (“belief”), particularly (in the 19th century) in the sense of "social movement". Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana.

Synonyms

whateverism

Related words

ideology ist philosophy wasm IPM IGM ICM EGM ECM

Derived words

isms and schisms

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 主義 /主义 Faroese: isma Finnish: ismi Finnish: oppijärjestelmä German: Ismus Hungarian: izmus Polish: izm Portuguese: ismo Serbo-Croatian: izam Serbo-Croatian: изам Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa Vietnamese: học thuyết
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