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• class|ism — «KLAS ihz uhm, KLAHS », noun. discrimination based on class distinctions …   Useful english dictionary

• class — class; class·er; class·less; de·class; in·fra·class; in·ter·class; low·er·class·man; sub·class; su·per·class; up·per·class·man; class·ism; class·ist; …   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 — The suffix ism denotes a distinctive system of beliefs, myth, doctrine or theory that guides a social movement, institution, class or group. For example, baptize (literally derived from to dip ) becomes baptism, a distinctive system of cleansing… …   Wikipedia

• class — Synonyms and related words: account, adherents, advantageousness, agreeableness, allot, alphabetize, analyze, animal kingdom, antonomasia, appraise, appreciate, arrange, ashram, assembly, assess, assign, assort, auspiciousness, bearing,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• -ism — noun suffix Etymology: Middle English isme, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, partly from Latin isma (from Greek) & partly from Latin ismus, from Greek ismos; Greek isma & ismos, from verbs in izein ize 1. a. act ; practice ; process …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ism — Synonyms and related words: Weltanschauung, adherents, articles of religion, catechism, church, class, communion, confession, credenda, credo, creed, cult, cultism, denomination, disciples, doctrinal statement, faith, followers, formulated belief …   Moby Thesaurus

• Fa|bi|an|ism — «FAY bee uh NIHZ uhm», noun. a moderate type of socialism; the principles of economic and social reform advanced by the Fabian Society: »Marxism deeply penetrated into the consciousness of the German working class as deeply at least as Methodism… …   Useful english dictionary

• jour|nal|ism — «JUR nuh lihz uhm», noun. 1. the occupation of writing for, editing, managing, or publishing a newspaper or magazine. 2. the gathering, writing, and editing of material for other news media, such as radio and television: »TV journalism. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary