-ISM


Meaning of -ISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun suffix ]

Etymology: Middle English -isme, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, partly from Latin -isma (from Greek) & partly from Latin -ismus, from Greek -ismos; Greek -isma & -ismos, from verbs in -izein -ize

1.

a. : act : practice : process

critic ism

plagiar ism

b. : manner of action or behavior characteristic of a (specified) person or thing

animal ism

c. : prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a (specified) attribute

rac ism

sex ism

2.

a. : state : condition : property

barbarian ism

b. : abnormal state or condition resulting from excess of a (specified) thing

alcohol ism

or marked by resemblance to (such) a person or thing

giant ism

3.

a. : doctrine : theory : religion

Buddh ism

b. : adherence to a system or a class of principles

stoic ism

4. : characteristic or peculiar feature or trait

colloquial ism

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.