9-letter words that end in sm
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- privatism — concern with or pursuit of one's personal or family interests, welfare, or ideals to the exclusion of broader social issues or relationships.
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
- quixotism — (sometimes initial capital letter) quixotic character or practice.
- rabbinism — the beliefs, practices, and precepts of the rabbis of the Talmudic period.
- racialism — racism.
- ranterism — a radical 17th-century Christian doctrine based on a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit and disregard of formal worship
- rascalism — the traits or character of a rascal
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- reformism — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- rusticism — a rustic expression
- sabbatism — sabbath observance
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- scientism — the style, assumptions, techniques, practices, etc., typifying or regarded as typifying scientists.
- serialism — twelve-tone technique.
- servilism — the condition of being servile; servility, esp consistent or complete servility
- sexualism — any discrimination based upon sexual preference
- shaikhism — the beliefs and practices of the Shaikhi.
- shakerism — the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.
- shamanism — the animistic religion of northern Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans.
- siddhuism — any contrived metaphor or simile
- sigmatism — defective pronunciation of sibilant sounds.
- slavicism — Slavism.
- socialism — a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
- solipsism — Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
- sovietism — (sometimes lowercase) a soviet system of government.
- spinozism — the philosophical system of Spinoza, which defines God as the unique substance, as an impersonal deity, and as possessing an infinite number of attributes, of which we know only thought and extension, and an infinite number of modes, each modifying all of the attributes, these attributes and modes being regarded both as proceeding necessarily from the nature of God and as constituents of God.
- spiralism — an individual's ascent in spiral structure
- spiritism — the doctrine or practices of spiritualism.
- splittism — the advocating of separation from a larger body
- sporidesm — a multicellular group of spores
- stalinism — the principles of communism associated with Joseph Stalin, characterized especially by the extreme suppression of dissident political or ideological views, the concentration of power in one person, and an aggressive international policy.
- stylitism — the practice of being a stylite
- syllabism — the use of syllabic characters, as in writing.
- syllogism — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- symbolism — the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.
- synechism — a doctrine of philosophical thinking stressing the importance of the idea of continuity: named and advocated by C. S. Peirce.
- synergism — synergy (def 1).
- synoecism — (in ancient Greece) the union of towns under one capital city