-ism meaning
EN
[ɪzəm] [ɪzm̩] W-ism
- -ism is a suffix in many English words, originally derived from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismos), reaching English through Latin, via French.
- For examples of the use of -ism as a suffix see the following:
- List of philosophies
- Glossary of philosophy
- List of political ideologies
- List of art movements
- SuffixSUF-ism
- Used to form nouns of action or process or result based on the accompanying verb in -ize.
- baptism (1300), aphorism (1528), criticism (1607), magnetism (1616)
- Used to form the name of a system, school of thought or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder ((when de-capitalized, these overlap with the generic "doctrines" sense below, e.g. Liberalism vs. liberalism):).
- Lutheranism (1560), Calvinism (1570), Protestantism (1606), Congregationalism (1716), Mohammedanism (1815),: Palamism (1949)
- Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons; the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
- atheism (1587), ruffianism (1589), giantism (1639), fanaticism (1652), theism (1678), religionism (1706), patriotism (1716), heroism (1717), despotism (1728), old-maidism (1776), capitalism (1792), nationism (1798), romanticism (1803), conservatism (1832), sexualism (1842), vegetarianism (1848), externalism (1856), young-ladyism (1869), opportunism (1870), blackguardism (1875), jingoism (1878), feminism (1895), dwarfism (1895)
- Used to form nouns indicating a peculiarity or characteristic of language.
- Atticism (1612), Gallicism (1656), archaism (1709), Americanism (1781), colloquialism (1834), newspaperism (1838), Shakespearianism (1886),
- Used to form names of ideologies expressing belief in the superiority of a certain class within the concept expressed by the root word, or a pattern of behavior or a social norm that benefits members of the group indicated by the root word. ((based on a late 20th-century narrowing of the "terms for a doctrine" sense):).
- racism (1932), sexism (1936), classism (1971), speciesism (1975), heterosexism (1979), ableism (1981)
- (medicine) Used to form names of conditions or syndromes.
- crotalism, daturism, latrodectism, loxoscelism, cocainism, rheumatism
- Used to form nouns of action or process or result based on the accompanying verb in -ize.
Definition of -ism in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Suffixes
- Morphemes
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "-ism" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.