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   -ism

   /ɪz(ə)m/

   suffix

   • 1. forming nouns denoting an action or its result: "baptism"
   • ▪ forming nouns denoting a state or quality: "barbarism"
   • 2. forming nouns denoting a system, principle, or ideological movement: "Anglicanism"
   • ▪ forming nouns denoting a basis for prejudice or discrimination: "racism"
   • 3. forming nouns denoting a peculiarity in language: "colloquialism"
   • 4. forming nouns denoting a pathological condition: "alcoholism"

   Word Origin from French -isme, via Latin from Greek -ismos, -isma.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   • I

     1

   • S

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   • M

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