-ism

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  -ism \-ism\ [F. -isme, or L. -ismus, Gr. ?.]
     A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act
     or a process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory,
     doctrine, idiom, etc.); as, baptism, galvanism, organism,
     hypnotism, socialism, sensualism, Anglicism.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ism \Ism\, n. [See {ism}, above.]
     A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.
     --E. Everett.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The world grew light-headed, and forth came a spawn of
           isms which no man can number.            --S. G.
                                                    Goodrich.
     Ismaelian

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ism
       n : a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by
           some group or school [syn: {doctrine}, {philosophy}, {philosophical
           system}, {school of thought}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "ism":
     Weltanschauung, adherents, articles of religion, catechism, church,
     class, communion, confession, credenda, credo, creed, cult,
     cultism, denomination, disciples, doctrinal statement, faith,
     followers, formulated belief, gospel, ideology, mystique, order,
     persuasion, political faith, political philosophy, religion,
     school, sect, system of belief, world view
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  ISM
       Industrial, Science, Medical [ = 2,4 GHz ] (WLAN)