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ISM
doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
(noun) a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
ISM
Initialism of Institute for Supply Management.
Noun
ISM (plural ISMs)
Abbreviation of Imperial Service Medal.
(astronomy) Abbreviation of interstellar medium.
(RF telecommunications) Initialism of industrial scientific medical.
Anagrams
• IMS, IMs, MIS, MIs, MSI, SIM, Sim, mis-, sim
Etymology
Noun
ism (plural isms)
An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism.
Specifically, a form of discrimination, such as racism or sexism.
Anagrams
• IMS, IMs, MIS, MIs, MSI, SIM, Sim, mis-, sim
Source: Wiktionary
-ism. Etym: [F. -isme, or L. -ismus, Gr.
Definition: A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act or a process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory, doctrine, idiom, etc.); as, baptism, galvanism, organism, hypnotism, socialism, sensualism, Anglicism.
Ism, n. Etym: [See ism, above.]
Definition: A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory. E. Everett. The world grew light-headed, and forth came a spawn of isms which no man can number. S. G. Goodrich.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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