释义 |
ismis‧m /ˈɪzəm/ noun [countable] informal - History is full of such isms, and we have hardly seen the last of them.
- No ism held him in its grip.
- Of course one can not reject Darw $ ism just because it has unpleasant social consequences.
- The organ ism is the cause and effect of itself, its own intrinsic order and organization.
- You know where you are with an ism.
► Policiesagitprop, nounapartheid, nounclass struggle, nouncollectivism, nouncolonialist, nouncommunism, nounconsciousness raising, nounconsumerism, noundemocrat, noundemocratic, adjectivedemocratize, verbdenationalize, verbdesegregate, verbdoctrine, noundogma, noundove, noundovish, adjectivedrive, nounfiat, nounhawk, nouninternationalism, noun-ism, suffixism, nounland reform, nounMachiavellian, adjectivemanifesto, nounMarxism, nounmeritocracy, nounnihilism, nounnon-aggression, nounnon-intervention, nounnon-partisan, adjectivenon-violence, nounopen-door policy, nounpacifism, nounpacifist, nounparty line, nounpassive resistance, nounperestroika, nounpolitical action committee, nounprivate member's bill, nounprogramme, nounradical, adjectivereaction, nounreformist, adjectiverevisionism, nounsocial democracy, nounsocial engineering, nounsocialism, nounsocialist, adjectivesocialist, nounsubsidiarity, nounwomen's lib, noun used to describe a set of ideas or beliefs whose name ends in ‘ism’, especially when you think that they are not sensible or practical |