-ism meaning

EN[ɪzəm]

W-ism

-ism is a suffix in many English words, originally derived from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismos),
For examples of the use of -ism as a suffix see the following:
List of philosophies
Glossary of philosophy
List of political ideologies

SuffixSUF-ism
1. Used to form nouns of action or process or result based on the accompanying verb in -ize.
  1. baptism (1300), aphorism (1528), criticism (1607), magnetism (1616)

Meaning of -ism for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "-ism" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.

Difficultness: Level 9

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Definiteness: Level 9

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Definite ➨ Versatile