Nouns Ending With LISM
Here's the list of all the 378 Nouns Ending With LISM in the English Language.
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| metabolism | 1. the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals 2. the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life More Definitions → |
| journalism | 1. newspapers and magazines collectively 2. the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media More Definitions → |
| capitalism | 1. an economic system based on private ownership of capital More Definitions → |
| realism | 1. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth 2. the state of being actual or real More Definitions → |
| professionalism | 1. the expertness characteristic of a professional person More Definitions → |
| alcoholism | 1. habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms 2. an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess More Definitions → |
| socialism | 1. a political theory advocating state ownership of industry 2. an economic system based on state ownership of capital More Definitions → |
| nationalism | 1. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it 2. the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other More Definitions → |
| imperialism | 1. a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries 2. a political orientation that advocates imperial interests More Definitions → |
| liberalism | 1. a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution 2. an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market More Definitions → |
| evangelism | 1. zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel More Definitions → |
| vandalism | 1. willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others More Definitions → |
| symbolism | 1. a system of symbols and symbolic representations 2. the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning More Definitions → |
| federalism | 1. the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units More Definitions → |
| multiculturalism | 1. the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country More Definitions → |
| colonialism | 1. exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country More Definitions → |
| fundamentalism | 1. a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth 2. the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc. More Definitions → |
| formalism | 1. the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented 2. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications More Definitions → |
| parallelism | 1. similarity by virtue of corresponding More Definitions → |
| pluralism | 1. a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated 2. the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements More Definitions → |
| materialism | 1. a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters 2. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality More Definitions → |
| idealism | 1. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality 2. impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are More Definitions → |
| individualism | 1. the quality of being individual 2. a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence More Definitions → |
| photojournalism | 1. journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures More Definitions → |
| surrealism | 1. a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams More Definitions → |
| embolism | 1. an insertion into a calendar 2. occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) More Definitions → |
| environmentalism | 1. the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth 2. the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction More Definitions → |
| naturalism | 1. (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations 2. an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description More Definitions → |
| existentialism | 1. (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves More Definitions → |
| cannibalism | 1. the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind More Definitions → |
| regionalism | 1. a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region 2. a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas More Definitions → |
| catabolism | 1. breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy More Definitions → |
| spiritualism | 1. (theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God 2. the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium) More Definitions → |
| nihilism | 1. a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake 2. the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal More Definitions → |
| dualism | 1. the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil More Definitions → |
| radicalism | 1. the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society More Definitions → |
| minimalism | 1. an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color More Definitions → |
| bilingualism | 1. the ability to speak two languages colloquially More Definitions → |
| universalism | 1. the theological doctrine that all people will eventually be saved More Definitions → |
| rationalism | 1. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience 2. the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth More Definitions → |
| botulism | 1. food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly More Definitions → |
| internationalism | 1. the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences 2. quality of being international in scope More Definitions → |
| commercialism | 1. transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) More Definitions → |
| feudalism | 1. the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war More Definitions → |
| populism | 1. the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite More Definitions → |
| specialism | 1. the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation 2. the special line of work you have adopted as your career More Definitions → |
| thromboembolism | 1. occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus More Definitions → |
| neoliberalism | 1. a political orientation originating in the 1960s; blends liberal political views with an emphasis on economic growth More Definitions → |
| orientalism | 1. the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations More Definitions → |
| evangelicalism | 1. stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation More Definitions → |
| constitutionalism | 1. a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution) 2. advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles More Definitions → |
| structuralism | 1. linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse 2. an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena More Definitions → |
| fatalism | 1. a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable 2. a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them More Definitions → |
| unilateralism | 1. the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations More Definitions → |
| sensationalism | 1. subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes 2. the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes More Definitions → |
| paternalism | 1. the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good More Definitions → |
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