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2,678 words match “ISM”

CHURCHISM n.
Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.
CICERONIANISM n.
the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression. "Great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford." Sir P. Sidney.
CICISBEISM n.
The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.
CINCHONISM n.
A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.
CISMONTANE a.
On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.
CITICISM n.
The manners of a cit or citizen.
CIVICISM n.
The principle of civil government.
CIVISM n.
State of citizenship. [R.] Dyer.
CLASSICALISM n. 2 definitions
A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.
CLASSICISM n.
A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
CLERICALISM n.
votion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.
CLIQUISM n.
The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.
COCAINISM n.
A morbid condition produced by the habitual and excessive use of cocaine. -- Co*ca"in*ist, n.
COCKNEYISM n.
The charasteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.
COLLECTIVISM n.
ctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.
COLLOQUIALISM n.
A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.
COLONIALISM n. 3 definitions
The state or quality of, or the relationship involved in, being colonial.
COMMATISM n.
Conciseness in writing. Bp. Horsley.
COMMENSALISM n.
The act of eating together; table fellowship.
COMMERCIALISM n.
The commercial spirit or method. C. Kingsley.
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