10-letter words that end in sm
- lamarckism — the Lamarckian theory that characteristics acquired by habit, use, or disuse may be passed on to future generations through inheritance.
- lambdacism — excessive use of the sound l, its misarticulation, or its substitution for the sound r.
- laudianism — the policies and practices of Archbishop Laud or his supporters.
- legitimism — a supporter of legitimate authority, especially of a claim to a throne based on direct descent.
- lesbianism — homosexual relations between women.
- liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- literalism — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- luminarism — the art and theory of the luminarists
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- macroprism — a prism belonging to an orthorhombic crystal found between the macropinacoid and the unit prism
- macroseism — A severe earthquake.
- manicheism — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- marcionism — the doctrines and principles of the Marcionites.
- matriotism — Hometown, school, or parish pride or loyalty, as opposed to nationalism or patriotism.
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.
- mesomerism — resonance (def 6).
- messianism — (often initial capital letter) the belief in the coming of the Messiah, or a movement based on this belief.
- metabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- metamerism — Zoology. division into metameres, the developmental process of somite formation. existence in a metameric state.
- microprism — a small prism incorporated in the focusing screen of many single-lens reflex cameras. The prism stops shimmering when the subject is in focus
- microseism — a feeble, recurrent vibration of the ground recorded by seismographs and believed to be due to an earthquake or a storm at sea.
- militarism — a strong military spirit or policy.
- minimalism — Music. a reductive style or school of modern music utilizing only simple sonorities, rhythms, and patterns, with minimal embellishment or orchestrational complexity, and characterized by protracted repetition of figurations, obsessive structural rigor, and often a pulsing, hypnotic effect.
- misandrism — (uncountable) The principle or disposition of misandry, the hatred of men.
- misogynism — misogyny.
- moderatism — A doctrine of moderation (in any field).
- monarchism — the principles of monarchy.
- monetarism — a doctrine holding that changes in the money supply determine the direction of a nation's economy.
- mongrelism — (uncountable) The condition of being a mongrel.
- monogenism — the theory that the human race has descended from a single pair of individuals or a single ancestral type.
- monopolism — the existence or prevalence of monopolies.
- monorchism — a prenatal or postnatal condition in which one testis is absent or has not descended into the scrotum.
- monotheism — the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
- morphinism — Morphine addiction.
- narcissism — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- neo-nazism — a modern extreme right-wing political movement and ideology based on a resurgence of support for Nazi ideological principles
- neofascism — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- neorealism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of various movements in literature, art, etc., that are considered as a return to a more realistic style.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- nicotinism — a pathological condition caused by excessive use of tobacco, and characterized by depression of the central and autonomic nervous systems; nicotine poisoning.
- nominalism — (in medieval philosophy) the doctrine that general or abstract words do not stand for objectively existing entities and that universals are no more than names assigned to them. Compare conceptualism, realism (def 5a).
- nondualism — The belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomena; that things such as mind and body may remain distinct while not actually being separate.
- nothingism — a trivial thing or matter
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- obsoletism — A disused word or phrase; an archaism.
- old-boyism — support of or participation in an old-boy network.
- omnitheism — The belief that all religions contain a core recognition of the same God.