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ism

   [iz-uhm]
–noun
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice: This is the age of isms.
Origin:
extracted from words with the suffix -ism
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ism     (ĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Informal
A distinctive doctrine, system, or theory: "Formalism, by being an 'ism,' kills form by hugging it to death" (Peter Viereck).


[From -ism.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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ism

noun
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school [syn: doctrine] 

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ism

Ism\, n. [See ism, above.] A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory. --E. Everett.

The world grew light-headed, and forth came a spawn of isms which no man can number. --S. G. Goodrich.

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ISM
interstellar medium

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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