10-letter words that end in sm
- flunkeyism — Alt form flunkyism.
- foreignism — a foreign custom, mannerism, etc.
- fortuitism — the doctrine that evolutionary adaptations are the result of chance
- fourierism — the social system proposed by François Marie Charles Fourier, under which society was to be organized into phalanxes or associations, each large enough for all industrial and social requirements.
- fraternism — (obsolete) fraternization.
- freeganism — a person who buys as little as possible and makes use of recycled or discarded goods and materials, in an effort to reduce waste and limit environmental impact.
- gargoylism — a congenital abnormality characterized chiefly by dwarfism, grotesque deformities of the head, trunk, and limbs, mental retardation, and enlargement of the liver and spleen.
- generalism — Generalization: lack of specialization.
- genteelism — a word or phrase used in place of another, supposedly less genteel term: “Limb” is a genteelism for “leg.”.
- geotropism — oriented growth with respect to the force of gravity.
- germ plasm — the protoplasm of the germ cells containing the chromosomes.
- gestaltism — Gestalt psychology
- gnosticism — a group of ancient heresies, stressing escape from this world through the acquisition of esoteric knowledge.
- goldwynism — a phrase or statement involving a humorous and supposedly unintentional misuse of idiom, as “Keep a stiff upper chin,” especially such a statement attributed to Samuel Goldwyn, as “Include me out.”.
- gombeenism — the practice of usury
- gormandism — Alternative form of gourmandism.
- gradualism — the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
- griffinism — the quality of having griffinish characteristics, or the condition of being a griffin
- gynandrism — hermaphroditism.
- hacktivism — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- heathenism — a belief or practice of heathens; idolatry.
- hegemonism — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- henotheism — the worship of a particular god, as by a family or tribe, without disbelieving in the existence of others.
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- hipsterism — the style of life of a hipster.
- hoodlumism — Behavior characteristic of a hoodlum.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- hyaloplasm — ground substance.
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- hypocorism — a pet name.
- iconoclasm — the action or spirit of iconoclasts.
- illuminism — the doctrines or claims of Illuminati.
- immobilism — Deep-seated resistance to political change.
- immoralism — indifference toward or opposition to conventional morality.
- impaludism — a diseased state affecting the inhabitants of marshy areas
- initialism — a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately, as FBI for Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- insularism — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- invalidism — prolonged ill health.
- isosterism — Chemistry. the quality or state of being isosteric.
- isotropism — isotropy
- italianism — an Italian practice, trait, or idiom.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jacobinism — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- kantianism — the philosophy of Kant, who held that the content of knowledge comes a posteriori from sense perception, but that its form is determined by a priori categories of the mind: he also declared that God, freedom, and immortality, although they cannot be proved or disproved, are necessary postulates of a rational morality
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- katabolism — Alternative form of catabolism.
- kineticism — the quality or state of being kinetic.
- ku kluxism — the doctrines, theories, and practices of the Ku Klux Klan.
- laconicism — laconic brevity.