7-letter words that end in sm
- fantasm — an apparition or specter.
- fascism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- fattism — Discrimination on the grounds of fatness.
- fauvism — (sometimes lowercase) any of a group of French artists of the early 20th century whose works are characterized chiefly by the use of vivid colors in immediate juxtaposition and contours usually in marked contrast to the color of the area defined.
- fideism — exclusive reliance in religious matters upon faith, with consequent rejection of appeals to science or philosophy.
- fogyism — an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded by old): The board of directors were old fogies still living in the 19th century.
- foodism — enthusiasm for and interest in the preparation and consumption of good food
- geekism — a preoccupation with subjects that are generally considered as unfashionable or boring
- grecism — the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc.
- guruism — the state of being a guru
- handism — discrimination against people on the grounds of whether they are left-handed or right-handed
- heroism — the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine: He showed great heroism in battle.
- heurism — the educational principle of acquiring knowledge through empirical study and practical experience
- hobbism — the doctrines of, or those attributed to, Hobbes, especially the doctrine of absolute submission to a royal sovereign in order to avoid the anarchic disorder resulting from the uncontrolled competition of individual interests.
- hoboism — The lifestyle or practices of hobos; vagrancy.
- iconism — The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
- idolism — idolatry.
- illeism — The practice of referring to oneself in the third person.
- imagism — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- iricism — Irishism.
- itacism — the pronunciation of the Greek letter eta as in Modern Greek
- jahvism — Yahwism.
- jahwism — the worship of Yahweh or the religious system based on such worship.
- jainism — a dualistic religion founded in the 6th century b.c. as a revolt against current Hinduism and emphasizing the perfectibility of human nature and liberation of the soul, especially through asceticism and nonviolence toward all living creatures.
- judaism — the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud. Compare Conservative Jew, Orthodox Jew, Reform Jew.
- jujuism — The practice of juju.
- karaism — the beliefs and doctrines of the Karaite sect
- laddism — (British) Laddish beliefs and behaviours.
- ladyism — the behaviour, manner or style of a lady
- laicism — the nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society (distinguished from clericalism).
- lamaism — the Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, a Mahayana form including non-Buddhist Indian elements as well as elements of the preexisting Bön shamanism.
- leftism — a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
- leggism — the character or practice of a blackleg
- leucism — An animal condition characterized by reduced pigmentation.
- lionism — a lion-like appearance of the skin on the face, caused by leprosy
- locoism — a disease chiefly of sheep, horses, and cattle, caused by the eating of locoweed and characterized by weakness, impaired vision, irregular behavior, and paralysis.
- lookism — discrimination or prejudice based on a person's physical appearance.
- luddism — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- maidism — a disease caused by improper diet which results in psychiatric and nervous disorders
- marxism — the system of economic and political thought developed by Karl Marx, along with Friedrich Engels, especially the doctrine that the state throughout history has been a device for the exploitation of the masses by a dominant class, that class struggle has been the main agency of historical change, and that the capitalist system, containing from the first the seeds of its own decay, will inevitably, after the period of the dictatorship of the proletariat, be superseded by a socialist order and a classless society.
- mobbism — the conduct that is characteristic of a mob
- myalism — a kind of witchcraft, similar to obi, practised esp in the Caribbean
- narcism — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- naziism — the principles or methods of the Nazis.
- neurism — one of the three 'vital forces', namely nerve-force
- obelism — the practice of marking or adding comments on passages in a text
- ogreism — an occurrence of behaviour characteristic of an ogre
- onanism — withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- ooplasm — The cytoplasm of an egg or ovum.
- oralism — the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.