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Ism

/ˈɪz.əm/

An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism.

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📖 Definitions of "Ism"

noun

1
An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism.
2
Specifically, a form of discrimination, such as racism or sexism.

🔄 Synonyms of "Ism"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
doctrinenoun	(countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
philosophynoun	(uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality.
school of thoughtnoun	(by extension) A group of people who share common characteristics of opinion or outlook of a philosophy.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ism"

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Word	Definition
school of thoughtnoun	(by extension) A group of people who share common characteristics of opinion or outlook of a philosophy.
philosophynoun	(uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality.
doctrinenoun	(countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
ideologynoun	Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
tenetnoun	An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
cultnoun	(informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
beliefnoun	Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
sdanoun	(Christianity) Initialism of Seventh-day Adventism, a Protestant denomination. [A Protestant Christian denomination (one of its founders was Ellen White), emphasizing Sabbath observance, a healthy diet, and the soon return of Jesus Christ. It grew out of the Millerite movement (Millerism).]
theorynoun	(sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
simnoun	(video games) Any of the characters in the video game The Sims, which simulates aspects of a human social environment.
planoun	The national armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
iadnoun	(law enforcement) internal affairs department
dminoun	(computing) Initialism of Desktop Management Interface.
msinoun	(Italian politics, historical) The Italian Social Movement.
gsinoun	(US, education) Initialism of graduate student instructor.
ghinoun	Alternative spelling of ghee. [A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.]
misnoun	A surname.
igsnoun	(aviation) Initialism of instrument guidance system.
iosnoun	An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
psanoun	(medicine, immunology) Initialism of prostate-specific antigen. [(medicine) A glycoprotein enzyme secreted by the epithelial cells of the prostate gland and becoming part of the ejaculate; used in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.]