Ism

//ˈɪz.əm//

Synonyms for "ism" (42 found)

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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related to

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Translations

12 translations across 9 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 主義 /主义 noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)

Faroese

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  • isma noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)

Finnish

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  • ismi noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)
  • oppijärjestelmä noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)

German

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  • Ismus noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)

Hungarian

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  • izmus noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)

Polish

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  • izm noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)

Portuguese

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  • ismo noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • izam noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)
  • изам noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • chủ nghĩa noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)
  • học thuyết noun (ideology, system of thought or practice)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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[…] his religion, his worship was like his daily bread to him; — which he did not take the trouble to talk much about; which he merely ate at stated intervals, and lived and did his work upon! This is Abbot Samson’s Catholicism of the Twelfth Century; — something like the Ism of all true men in all true centuries, I fancy! Alas, compared with any of the Isms current in these poor days, what a thing!

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If it gives way to sentimentalism, or sensibility, or political mysticism, or adopts an affectation of radicalism, or any other ism, or molds its institutions so as to round out to a more complete fulfillment somebody's theory of the universe, it may fall into an era of revolution and political insecurity […]

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An ism does not have to possess the fearful implements of state power to cut off a deviant or heretical member.

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In his exposition, he has failed to achieve the identification of situation, theory, and policy necessary to create an ism.

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