- re|form|ism
- re|form|ism «rih FR mihz uhm», noun.social or political reform.
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con|form|ism — «kuhn FR mihz uhm», noun. 1. the principle or policy of conformity; close adherence to established traditions, standards, usages, or the like: »To rob children of their privacy and the chance to be themselves leads them to inhibitions and… … Useful english dictionary
trans|form|ism — «trans FR mihz uhm», noun. Biology. 1. the doctrine that species transform into other species by descent with modification through many generations. 2. such transformation itself. 3. the doctrine of evolution of species … Useful english dictionary
Non|con|form|ism — or Non|con|form|ism «NON kuhn FR mihz uhm», noun. the beliefs or practices of nonconformists or Nonconformists … Useful english dictionary
non|con|form|ism — or Non|con|form|ism «NON kuhn FR mihz uhm», noun. the beliefs or practices of nonconformists or Nonconformists … Useful english dictionary
form — form·abil·i·ty; form·able; form·ably; form·al·de·hyde; form·amide; form·am·i·dine; form·a·zan; form·ful; form·ism; form·ist; form·less; Form·var; for·nic·i·form; fos·si·form; fo·ve·i·form; fruc·ti·form; fun·gi·form; fun·nel·form; fur·ci·form;… … English syllables
ism — is·ma·el·ism; iso·la·tion·ism; isom·er·ism; isos·ter·ism; ital·ian·ism; ivory tower·ism; jack·son·ism; jaco·bin·ism; jaco·bit·ism; jain·ism; jan·sen·ism; ja·pan·ism; jef·fer·so·nian·ism; jesu·it·ism; jew·ism; jin·go·ism; jour·nal·ism; ju·da·ism;… … English syllables
-ism — suffix forming nouns, esp. denoting: 1 an action or its result (baptism; organism). 2 a system, principle, or ideological movement (Conservatism; jingoism; feminism). 3 a state or quality (heroism; barbarism). 4 a basis of prejudice or… … Useful english dictionary
-ism — [[t] ɪzəm[/t]] isms 1) SUFFIX ism is used to form uncount nouns that refer to political or religious movements and beliefs. Buddhism has declined in both India and China. ...a time of growing Slovak nationalism. 2) SUFFIX ism is used to form… … English dictionary
ism — noun a) A belief that can be described by a word ending in ism. […] his religion, his worship was like his daily bread to him; which he did not take the trouble to talk much about; which he merely ate at stated intervals, and lived and did his… … Wiktionary
-ism — a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nouns from verbs (baptism); on this model, used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice, state or condition, principles, doctrines,… … Universalium
