"ism" meaning in English

See ism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪz.əm/ Audio: en-us-ism.ogg Forms: isms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪzəm 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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ism (plural isms)
  1. An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism. Synonyms: whateverism Translations (ideology, system of thought or practice): 主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 主义 (zhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), isma [feminine] (Faroese), ismi (Finnish), oppijärjestelmä (Finnish), Ismus [masculine] (German), izmus (Hungarian), izm [masculine] (Polish), ismo [masculine] (Portuguese), izam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), изам [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-ism-en-noun-oRmqbr3X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'ideology, system of thought or practice': 98 2
  2. (specifically) A form of discrimination, such as racism or sexism. Tags: specifically
    Sense id: en-ism-en-noun-tKPh9LzH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: isms and schisms Related terms: ideology, ist, philosophy, wasm

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…] his religion, his worship was like his daily bread to him; — which he did not take the trouble to talk much about; which he merely ate at stated intervals, and lived and did his work upon! This is Abbot Samson’s Catholicism of the Twelfth Century; — something like the Ism of all true men in all true centuries, I fancy! Alas, compared with any of the Isms current in these poor days, what a thing!",
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          "text": "If it gives way to sentimentalism, or sensibility, or political mysticism, or adopts an affectation of radicalism, or any other ism, or molds its institutions so as to round out to a more complete fulfillment somebody's theory of the universe, it may fall into an era of revolution and political insecurity […]",
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          "ref": "1965, Bertram David Wolfe, Marxism, One Hundred Years in the Life of a Doctrine, page 357:",
          "text": "An ism does not have to possess the fearful implements of state power to cut off a deviant or heretical member.",
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          "ref": "1969, Walter E. Minchinton, Mercantilism; System Or Expediency?, page xi:",
          "text": "In his exposition, he has failed to achieve the identification of situation, theory, and policy necessary to create an ism.",
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          "ref": "1986, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, spoken by Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick):",
          "text": "Isms in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an ism – he should believe in himself.",
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          "ref": "1994, Kenneth Kaye, Workplace Wars and How to End Them, page 70:",
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          "ref": "1994, Kenneth Kaye, Workplace Wars and How to End Them, page 70:",
          "text": "It is important to distinguish between an ism and a mere generalization about group differences. Generalizations that have statistical validity are not isms. An ism assumes that the generalization applies to an individual.",
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      "word": "主義"
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