11-letter words that end in sm
- immediatism — a policy for the immediate abolition of slavery.
- imperialism — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- inclusivism — The practice of incorporating disparate or unreconciled elements in a single, inclusive system or theory.
- inductivism — The use of or preference for inductive methods of reasoning, especially in science.
- inerrantism — belief in a document's truth and freedom from error.
- infantilism — the persistence in an adult of markedly childish anatomical, physiological, or psychological characteristics.
- infusionism — the doctrine that the soul existed in a previous state and is infused into the body at conception or birth.
- integralism — the belief that one's religious convictions should dictate one's political and social actions.
- interiorism — a theory that truth is discovered by introspection rather than by examination of the outside world.
- internalism — The doctrine that a particular mental phenomenon, such as motivation or justification, has an internal rather than external basis.
- intuitivism — ethical intuitionism.
- iodoformism — Iodoform poisoning.
- irredentism — (usually initial capital letter) a member of an Italian association that became prominent in 1878, advocating the redemption, or the incorporation into Italy, of certain neighboring regions (Italia irredenta) having a primarily Italian population.
- isochronism — an isochronal character or action.
- isomorphism — the state or property of being isomorphous or isomorphic.
- jim crowism — Jim Crow (def 1).
- kailyardism — kaleyard school.
- landlordism — the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.
- larrikinism — (Australia, New Zealand) The behaviour of larrikins (hooligans); impertinent and disrespectful behaviour.
- lay baptism — baptism administered by a lay-person.
- libertinism — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
- literaryism — habitual use of literary forms
- locofocoism — the doctrines of the Locofocos.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- mandarinism — A government of mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.
- manichaeism — the system of religious doctrines, including elements of Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc, taught by the Persian prophet Mani about the 3rd century ad. It was based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness, or goodness and evil
- manorialism — the manorial organization, or its principles and practices in the Middle Ages.
- maraboutism — Support for marabouts (Muslim holy men or mystics).
- marginalism — (economics) The use of marginal analysis to solve large classes of microeconomic problems.
- masculinism — An ideology of masculinity; especially, an ideology opposed to, or opposed by, feminism.
- materialism — preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- maternalism — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
- medievalism — the spirit, practices, or methods of the Middle Ages.
- megadontism — macrodontia.
- mercenarism — the state of being a mercenary
- mesodontism — the condition of having medium-sized teeth.
- millenarism — Millenarianism.
- miniaturism — Miniature size; tendency towards miniature size.
- monasticism — the monastic system, condition, or mode of life.
- monolatrism — Belief in multiple deities but worship of only one.
- monolithism — an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
- multitheism — The existence of multiple forms of theism, as in a society.
- nationalism — spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation.
- neo-fascism — a modern right-wing political movement that includes significant elements of fascism, esp inspired by fascist Italy
- neo-realism — art, cinema: social realist style
- neopaganism — a 20th-century revival of interest in the worship of nature, fertility, etc., as represented by various deities.
- neopopulism — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
- neovitalism — a new or revived form of the belief that life is a vital principle (vitalism)