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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
-ism \-ism\ [F. -isme, or L. -ismus, Gr. ?.] A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act or a process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory, doctrine, idiom, etc.); as, baptism, galvanism, organism, hypnotism, socialism, sensualism, Anglicism.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ism \Ism\, noun [See {ism}, above.] A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory. --E. Everett.
The world grew light-headed, and forth came a spawn of isms which no man can number. --S. G. Goodrich.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ism
noun: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school [syn: {doctrine}, {philosophy}, {philosophical system}, {school of thought}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
ISM Industrial, Science, Medical [ = 2,4 GHz ] (WLAN)
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