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14-letter words that end in ism

  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • operationalism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
  • paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • pan-africanism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the African nations.
  • parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
  • patriarchalism — a philosophy, form, or system of patriarchal government.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • perfectibilism — the belief in the perfectibility of human nature
  • peripateticism — walking or traveling about; itinerant.
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • photoperiodism — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
  • pickwickianism — a Pickwickian statement, expression, word, or the like.
  • poly-syllogism — an argument made up of a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each being a premise of the one following, until the last one.
  • polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
  • post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
  • postminimalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style in painting and sculpture developing in the 1970s, retaining the formal simplifications of minimal art, but striving to imbue works with a broad range of meaning and reference and often demonstrating a concern with craft and a kinship with tribal art and sculpture.
  • predeterminism — the belief that everything is predetermined
  • prescriptivism — a writer, teacher, or supporter of prescriptive grammar.
  • probabiliorism — the theory that in the case of doubt one should choose the action most likely to be right
  • progressionism — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
  • proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
  • pseudomorphism — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
  • psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
  • quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
  • rastafarianism — a religious cult, originally of Jamaica, that regards Africa as the Promised Land, to which all true believers will someday return, and the late Haile Selassie I, former emperor of Ethiopia, as the messiah.
  • reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
  • restorationism — belief in a future life in which human beings will be restored to a state of perfection and happiness
  • restrictionism — a policy, especially by a national government or legislative body, of enacting restrictions on the amount of imported goods, immigration, etc.
  • reverse racism — a perceived discrimination against a dominant group or political majority
  • reverse-racism — intolerance or prejudice directed at members of historically dominant racial groups.
  • rosicrucianism — the practices or principles of Rosicrucians.
  • sacramentalism — a belief in or emphasis on the importance and efficacy of the sacraments for achieving salvation and conferring grace.
  • sado-masochism — Sado-masochism is the enjoyment of hurting people and being hurt.
  • self-criticism — the act or fact of being self-critical.
  • semi-socialism — a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
  • sensationalism — subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
  • sentimentalism — sentimental tendency or character; predominance of sentiment over reason.
  • servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
  • sesquipedalism — given to using long words.
  • situationalism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • social realism — a style of painting, especially of the 1930s in the U.S., in which the scenes depicted typically convey a message of social or political protest edged with satire.
  • substantialism — the doctrine that substantial noumena exist as a basis for phenomena.
  • synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
  • theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
  • thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
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