9-Letter Words Containing ISM
Here's the list of all the 515 9-Letter Words Containing ISM in the English Language.
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| mechanism | 1. the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction 2. the technical aspects of doing something More Definitions → |
| terrorism | 1. the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear More Definitions → |
| criticism | 1. disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings 2. a serious examination and judgment of something More Definitions → |
| dismissed | 1. having lost your job More Definitions → |
| dismissal | 1. a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial 2. official notice that you have been fired from your job More Definitions → |
| communism | 1. a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership 2. a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society More Definitions → |
| socialism | 1. a political theory advocating state ownership of industry 2. an economic system based on state ownership of capital 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 → |
| mysticism | 1. a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality 2. obscure or irrational thought More Definitions → |
| magnetism | 1. attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force 2. the branch of science that studies magnetism More Definitions → |
| modernism | 1. genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres 2. the quality of being current or of the present 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 → |
| 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 → |
| dismantle | 1. tear down so as to make flat with the ground 2. take apart into its constituent pieces More Definitions → |
| extremism | 1. any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies More Definitions → |
| catechism | 1. a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views 2. an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers More Definitions → |
| anarchism | 1. a political theory favoring the abolition of governments More Definitions → |
| shamanism | 1. any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes) 2. an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans More Definitions → |
| voyeurism | 1. a perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior More Definitions → |
| masochism | 1. sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological) More Definitions → |
| pessimism | 1. the feeling that things will turn out badly 2. a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things More Definitions → |
| baptismal | 1. of or relating to baptism More Definitions → |
| prismatic | 1. of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism 2. exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism More Definitions → |
| despotism | 1. dominance through threat of punishment and violence 2. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) More Definitions → |
| euphemism | 1. an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh More Definitions → |
| barbarism | 1. a brutal barbarous savage act More Definitions → |
| volcanism | 1. the phenomena associated with volcanic activity More Definitions → |
| eroticism | 1. a state of anticipation of sexuality 2. the arousal of feelings of sexual desire More Definitions → |
| hypnotism | 1. the act of inducing hypnosis More Definitions → |
| fetishism | 1. a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish) 2. sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs) 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 → |
| ecumenism | 1. a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches) 2. (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity More Definitions → |
| occultism | 1. the study of the supernatural 2. a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control More Definitions → |
| pantheism | 1. (rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods 2. the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God More Definitions → |
| dichroism | 1. pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions More Definitions → |
| synergism | 1. the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects 2. the theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace More Definitions → |
| syllogism | 1. deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises More Definitions → |