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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ism has 1 sense
- ism(n = noun.cognition) doctrine, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school; Array has particulars: nuclear deterrence, cabalism, kabbalism, abolitionism, absolutism, amoralism, animalism, animism, antiestablishmentarianism, antiestablishmentism, asceticism, contextualism, creationism, credo, creed, divine right, divine right of kings, dogma, dualism, dynamism, epicureanism, establishmentarianism, establishmentism, ethicism, expansionism, formalism, functionalism, girondism, gospel, gymnosophy, imitation, individualism, laissez faire, internationalism, unilateralism, irredentism, irridentism, literalism, democracy, majority rule, monism, multiculturalism, nationalism, nationalism, nihilism, pacificism, pacifism, passivism, pluralism, populism, presentism, freethinking, rationalism, reformism, humanism, secular humanism, humanism, humanitarianism, egalitarianism, equalitarianism, feminism, reincarnationism, secessionism, secularism, phenomenology, philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory, states' rights, commandment, precept, teaching, theological doctrine, utilitarianism, descriptivism, descriptivism, prescriptivism, prescriptivism, church doctrine, creed, gospel, religious doctrine, millennium
is a kind of belief
CIDE DICTIONARY
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."
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ism, n. colloq. usu. derog. any distinctive but unspecified doctrine or practice of a kind with a name in -ism.
THESAURUS
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
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