9-letter words that end in rism
- -centrism — the state or condition of having (a specified thing) as the center or focus of attention, efforts, etc.
- antiprism — A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
- apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
- barbarism — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- caesarism — an autocratic system of government
- careerism — devotion to a successful career, often at the expense of one's personal life, ethics, etc.
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- chimerism — a medical condition in which a person develops from two distinct embryos that could possess two genetically distinct sets of cells
- colourism — discrimination in which people are judged on the basis of their skin colour
- denturism — the practice by denturists of making artificial dentures and fitting them to patients.
- diapirism — the existence of diapirs
- epicurism — Epicureanism.
- epimerism — optical isomerism in which isomers (epimers) can form about asymmetric atoms within the molecule, esp in carbohydrates
- erythrism — A congenital condition of abnormal redness in an animal’s fur, plumage, or skin.
- esoterism — The inward forms of faith and religion; transcendence, mystic experience, and internal realizations of the Divine.
- feederism — A paraphilia in which arousal is obtained from overfeeding.
- ganderism — foolish behaviour
- gargarism — (obsolete) Something used to gargle with; a gargle.
- genderism — The belief that gender is a binary, comprising male and female, and that the aspects of a person's gender are inherently linked to their sex at birth.
- gongorism — imitation of the ornate and intricate style of Góngora y Argote.
- gosperism — /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in HAKMEM are Gosperisms. See also life.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hitlerism — the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- hunkerism — a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48.
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- isomerism — Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
- junkerism — the spirit or policy of the Junkers.
- kaiserism — autocratic rule, like that of a German kaiser.
- labourism — Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- listerism — an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- mannerism — a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
- meliorism — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- memoirism — the act or practice of writing memoirs
- mesmerism — hypnosis as induced, according to F. A. Mesmer, through animal magnetism.
- meteorism — A rapid accumulation of gas in the intestine. Meteorism is typically a sign of bowel necrosis from bacterial infection, a life-threatening surgical emergency, and is usually caused by the consumption of large quantities of undercooked pork.
- neoterism — an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- niggerism — the condition of being a Black person
- panderism — the work of a pander
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
- ranterism — a radical 17th-century Christian doctrine based on a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit and disregard of formal worship
- shakerism — the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- tenebrism — a school, style, or method of painting, adopted chiefly by 17th-century Spanish and Neapolitan painters, esp Caravaggio, characterized by large areas of dark colours, usually relieved with a shaft of light
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