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Meanings of ism in English

Portuguese
doutrina
Catalan
escola de pensament
Spanish
doctrina

A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.

doutrina
Russian
алам
Catalan
ism

Arabic name.

алам

Gene Ontology evidence code.

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Usage of ism in English
1
In extreme cases of guru-ism individuals' value systems are completely wiped out.
Underground
2
Land-banking and Not-In-My-Back-Yard-ism over higher density housing were obstructions to potential solutions.
Radio NZ
3
And then he offered them perhaps their last Bertie-ism of his term.
The Irish Times
4
The definition of an ism, you know is prejudice plus power.
The new yorker
5
All had moved from pluralism to strict adaptation-ism-andalong a remarkably similar path.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
6
She said it reminded her of McCarthy-ism in the US in the 1950s.
Radio NZ
7
Inevitably, we look to Instagram for the finest examples of selfie-ism.
The Guardian
8
The split followed the ardfheis decision to abandon abstention ism from the Dail.
The Irish Times
9
In Ireland, the only English-ism we've adopted with eagerness is surliness.
Priest
10
The same is true of Calvinism, Mormonism or any other ism.
The Spirit and the Word / A Treatise on the Holy Spirit in the L...
11
But thousands of Canadians are meeting the crisis with another wildly unexpected ism: altruism.
Wired
12
But every time Blair eloquently defended Bush's unilateralism, the charge of poodle-ism stuck more.
The Guardian
13
Only lately have we come to see disruption as a dressed-up version of scab-ism.
Wired
14
Presenting a range of observations from opinionated writers, Bust is feminism without the ism.
Wired
15
There were wars before there was capital- ism, and fighting is habitual among animals.
Proposed Roads to Freedom
16
We're always worried about like what mistakes, so it's safety-ism.
Wired
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Ism through the time
Ism across language varieties
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