Etymology of the English suffix -ism

Derivations in English

holism, speciesism, truism, sexism, abolitionism, absenteeism, abstentionism, absurdism, academicism, academism, accidentalism, achromatism, actinism, actualism, adiaphorism, adversaryism, aestheticism, africanism, afrikanerism, agnosticism, agrarianism, albinism, alcoholism, aldosteronism, allomorphism, amateurism, analogism, anarchism, anglicanism, animalism, animatism, annexationism, anthropocentrism, anticolonialism, apheliotropism, apocalypticism, arianism, aristotelianism, asceticism, assimilationism, astigmatism, atonalism, atropism, autism, autonomism, averroism, baalism, babelism, babism, barbitalism, barbiturism, barthianism, behaviorism, benthamism, bergsonism, biblicism, biculturalism, bilingualism, biologism, bipedalism, bolshevism, boosterism, brahmanism, britishism, buddhism, byzantinism, cabalism, caesarism, caffeinism, calvinism, canadianism, capitalism, capitulationism, careerism, catastrophism, catholicism, causationism, celticism, charlatanism, chromaticism, chromatism, ciceronianism, cinchonism, cladism, classicism, classism, clericalism, coalitionism, cocainism, colloquialism, colonialism, commercialism, communalism, conceptualism, concretism, confessionalism, configurationism, confucianism, congregationalism, connectionism, conservatism, consonantism, constitutionalism, constructivism, continentalism, conventionalism, corporatism, cosmism, creationism, credentialism, criticism, cronyism, cultism, cynicism, czarism, darwinism, demagoguism, demonism, denominationalism, denturism, departmentalism, determinism, deviationism, dialecticism, diatonicism, diffusionism, digitalism, dilettantism, dimorphism, dispensationalism, divisionism, docetism, druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, ecclesiasticism, echoism, eclecticism, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, elohism, emotionalism, empiricism, empirism, enantiomorphism, endomorphism, englishism, epicureanism, episcopalism, erastianism, ergotism, eroticism, erythrism, escapism, esotericism, essentialism, eudemonism, euhemerism, eunuchism, eunuchoidism, euphuism, evangelicalism, evangelism, exclusionism, exclusivism, exemplarism, exhibitionism, exoticism, expansionism, experientialism, experimentalism, externalism, extremism, fabianism, factualism, fairyism, familism, fanaticism, fatalism, favoritism, fetishism, feudalism, finalism, foreignism, formalism, formulism, functionalism, fusionism, galenism, gandhiism, gargoylism, genteelism, gentilism, germanism, giantism, gnosticism, goldwynism, gothicism

Usage

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