12-letter words that end in sm
- heterosexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- homomorphism — Biology. correspondence in form or external appearance but not in type of structure or origin.
- hydrargyrism — mercurialism.
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hylomorphism — the theory that every physical object is composed of two principles, an unchanging prime matter and a form deprived of actuality with every substantial change of the object.
- hyperrealism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- iconophilism — a taste for pictures and symbols
- illiberalism — narrowminded; bigoted.
- immersionism — the doctrine that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.
- incendiarism — the act or practice of an arsonist; malicious burning.
- inflationism — the policy or practice of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
- intuitionism — Ethics. the doctrine that moral values and duties can be discerned directly.
- ipsedixitism — An unfounded, false and dogmatic assertion.
- isolationism — the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.
- justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina
- katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- mediaevalism — Alternative spelling of medievalism.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercurialism — poisoning by mercury.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
- metasomatism — the series of metamorphic processes whereby chemical changes occur in minerals or rocks as a result of the introduction of material, often in hot aqueous solutions, from external sources.
- microphonism — a usually undesirable property of some electronic circuits or components in which mechanical vibrations of a component affect the signal being transmitted through the circuit.
- miserabilism — Gloomy pessimism or negativity.
- mithridatism — the production of immunity against the action of a poison by taking the poison in gradually increased doses.
- monoglottism — Condition of being able to speak only a single language.
- monomorphism — a one-to-one homomorphism.
- monorchidism — a prenatal or postnatal condition in which one testis is absent or has not descended into the scrotum.
- municipalism — the principle or system of home rule by a municipality.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neonomianism — the doctrine in Christian theology that the Gospel of Christ is a new Law, completely supplanting the Mosaic Law
- neoplatonism — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nestorianism — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- newspaperism — anything characteristic of newspapers, esp a word or phrase used only by journalists
- nietzscheism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.