"-cism" meaning in English

See -cism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Extracted from iotacism. Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -cism, {{en-suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -cism
  1. Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:
    Excessive usage of the phoneme.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--cism-en-suffix-4e9~4SZJ
  2. Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:
    A sound change towards the phoneme.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--cism-en-suffix-fPNU9bwf
  3. Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:
    The retention of a phoneme when related varieties lose it.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--cism-en-suffix-hZKAdwKn
  4. Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:
    A speech disorder marked by either excessive or defective use of the phoneme.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--cism-en-suffix-m0uHtg~7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 31 13 43 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 14 28 14 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 31 13 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 32 12 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -tacism

Alternative forms

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