ismnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪz.əm/us/ˈɪz.əm/informal mainly humorousa set of beliefs, especially ones that you disapprove of:
Thatcher is unique among her predecessors in having given the English language a brand new ism, created from her own name.
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Ideas, concepts and theories
- abstract
- afterthought
- brainchild
- concept
- conception
- construct
- dogma
- fancy
- inspiration
- intellectual property
- IP
- meat
- motif
- proposition
- punctuated equilibrium
- sacred cow
- straw man
- tenet
- the domino theory
- thrust
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