9-letter words that end in sm
- micronism — A theoretical microorganism living in the ice or under the surface of Jupiter's ice moon Europa.
- midgetism — (not in technical use) an extremely small person having normal physical proportions.
- misoneism — hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change.
- mithraism — an ancient Persian religion in which Mithras was worshiped, involving secret rituals to which only men were admitted: a major competitor of Christianity in the Roman empire during the 2nd and 3rd centuries a.d.
- modernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- monachism — monasticism.
- monergism — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- mongolism — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) Down syndrome.
- monkeyism — the practice of copying or behaving like a monkey
- monoecism — the state of having both male and female organs of reproduction
- mormonism — the popular name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- mosaicism — a condition in which an organism or part is composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues owing to experimental manipulation or to faulty distribution of genetic material during mitosis.
- moslemism — the Muslim religion; Islam.
- mullahism — governance or rule by mullahs
- mutualism — a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association.
- mysticism — the beliefs, ideas, or mode of thought of mystics.
- mythicism — (theology) the scholarly opinion that the gospel is mythical.
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- nationism — (sociolinguistics) The practical concerns of running a nation, especially seen as divorced from emotional beliefs about national identity.
- neologism — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- neoterism — an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- newmanism — the views and theories of John Henry Newman before his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, in which he held that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England are compatible with Roman Catholicism.
- niggerism — the condition of being a Black person
- nontheism — Any of a range of concepts regarding spirituality and religion which do not include the idea of a deity in the form of a theistic god or gods.
- occultism — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- orangeism — the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- panderism — the work of a pander
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- pantheism — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pariahism — an outcast.
- parseeism — the religion and customs of the Parsees.
- passivism — the quality of being passive.
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- pedantism — pedantry.
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- periplasm — an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
- pessimism — the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems, etc.: His pessimism about the future of our country depresses me.
- petrinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- physicism — the belief in the physical and material world as opposed to the spiritual world in matters of philosophy and religion
- piroplasm — babesia.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.