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单词 ism
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Definition of ism in English:

ism

noun ˈɪz(ə)mˈɪzəm
derogatory, informal
  • A distinctive practice, system, or philosophy, typically a political ideology or an artistic movement.

    he loathed isms and any form of dogma
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Seuss railed against the evil isms of his day - fascism, anti-Semitism, anti-black racism - with the full force of his tensile imagination.
    • However, the most controversial character is Kitten - a writhing mass of isms and chips on her shoulder.
    • Values are a shared set of beliefs or creeds, convictions and ideologies, or a set of isms.
    • They don't go much for isms, either, just quiet happiness is all they're prepared to recognise.
    • If any of you have ever wondered what postmodernism is, or what any of the other isms are for that matter, then this week's column is for you.
    • Ideology was foreign, and impressive-sounding, and was to generate many books with chapters recounting the arguments of the various isms of which political debate is composed.
    • What are tools, and what is the nature of their inherence in specific ideologies, isms, and worldviews?
    • There's no discrimination here in the Blogosphere; no isms to get in the way of writing.
    • A person should not believe in an ism, he should believe in himself.
    • Some politicos cling to venal isms that stunt their own thinking and the growth of the nation, and delay the maturing of its democracy.
    Synonyms
    way of thinking, school of thought, persuasion, creed, credo, doctrine, belief, faith, outlook, opinion, point of view

Origin

Late 17th century: independent usage of -ism.

Rhymes

abysm, arrivisme, chrism, chrisom, prism, schism
 
 

Definition of ism in US English:

ism

nounˈɪzəmˈizəm
derogatory, informal
  • A distinctive practice, system, or philosophy, typically a political ideology or an artistic movement.

    of all the isms, fascism is the most repressive
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Seuss railed against the evil isms of his day - fascism, anti-Semitism, anti-black racism - with the full force of his tensile imagination.
    • There's no discrimination here in the Blogosphere; no isms to get in the way of writing.
    • They don't go much for isms, either, just quiet happiness is all they're prepared to recognise.
    • A person should not believe in an ism, he should believe in himself.
    • If any of you have ever wondered what postmodernism is, or what any of the other isms are for that matter, then this week's column is for you.
    • What are tools, and what is the nature of their inherence in specific ideologies, isms, and worldviews?
    • Values are a shared set of beliefs or creeds, convictions and ideologies, or a set of isms.
    • Some politicos cling to venal isms that stunt their own thinking and the growth of the nation, and delay the maturing of its democracy.
    • Ideology was foreign, and impressive-sounding, and was to generate many books with chapters recounting the arguments of the various isms of which political debate is composed.
    • However, the most controversial character is Kitten - a writhing mass of isms and chips on her shoulder.
    Synonyms
    way of thinking, school of thought, persuasion, creed, credo, doctrine, belief, faith, outlook, opinion, point of view

Origin

Late 17th century: independent usage of -ism.

 
 
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