ism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ism
    n 1: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative
         by some group or school [syn: {doctrine}, {philosophy},
         {philosophical system}, {school of thought}, {ism}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
-ism \-ism\ [F. -isme, or L. -ismus, Gr. ?.]
   A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act
   or a process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory,
   doctrine, idiom, etc.); as, baptism, galvanism, organism,
   hypnotism, socialism, sensualism, Anglicism.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ism \Ism\, n. [See {ism}, above.]
   A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.
   --E. Everett.
   [1913 Webster]

         The world grew light-headed, and forth came a spawn of
         isms which no man can number.            --S. G.
                                                  Goodrich.
   Ismaelian
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
ISM
       Industrial, Science, Medical [ = 2,4 GHz ] (WLAN)
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
ISM
       Intel Server Management (Intel)
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "ism":
      Weltanschauung, adherents, articles of religion, catechism, church,
      class, communion, confession, credenda, credo, creed, cult,
      cultism, denomination, disciples, doctrinal statement, faith,
      followers, formulated belief, gospel, ideology, mystique, order,
      persuasion, political faith, political philosophy, religion,
      school, sect, system of belief, world view
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