Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ism
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Ism
ism
~ n informal used to describe a set of ideas or beliefs whose name ends in `ism', especially when you think that they are not sensible or practical
ism ~ suffix in nouns 1 a political belief or religion based on a particular principle or the teachings of a particular person (socialism | Buddhism) 2 the action or process of doing something (his criticism of my work (=he criticizes it)) 3 an action or remark that has a particular quality (her witticisms (=funny or witty remarks)) 4 the state of being like something or someone, or having a particular quality (heroism (=being a hero; bravery) | magnetism (=being magnetic)) 5 illness caused by too much of something (alcoholism) 6 the practice of treating people unfairly because of something (sexism (=making unfair differences between men and women) | racism | heightism (=against people who are very tall or short))
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noun Etymology: -~ Date: 1680 1. a distinctive doctrine, cause, or theory 2. an oppressive and especially discriminatory attitude or belief we all have got to come to grips with our ~s — Jocelyn Elders ISM noun suffix Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, partly from Latin ~a (from Greek) & partly from Latin ~us, from Greek ~os; Greek ~a & ~os, from verbs in -izein -ize 1. a. act ; practice ; process criticism plagiarism b. manner of action or behavior characteristic of a (specified) person or thing animalism c. prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a (specified) attribute racism sexism 2. a. state ; condition ; property barbarianism b. abnormal state or condition resulting from excess of a (specified) thing alcoholism or marked by resemblance to (such) a person or thing giantism 3. a. doctrine ; theory ; religion Buddhism b. adherence to a system or a class of principles stoicism 4. characteristic or peculiar feature or trait colloquialism ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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suffix forming nouns, esp. denoting: 1 an action or its result (baptism; organism). 2 a system, principle, or ideological movement (Conservatism; jingoism; feminism). 3 a state or quality (heroism; barbarism). 4 a basis of prejudice or discrimination (racism; sexism). 5 a peculiarity in language (Americanism). 6 a pathological condition (alcoholism; Parkinsonism). Etymology: from or after F -isme f. L -ismus f. Gk -ismos or -isma f. -izo -IZE ISM n. colloq. usu. derog. any distinctive but unspecified doctrine or practice of a kind with a name in -ism. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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