-arism

Morpheme

-arism

Type

suffix

Denotation

noun suffix denoting a state or ideology corresponding to -ary adjectives and nouns

Etymology

suffixal construction from -ary + -ism

Evidence

sectarism, sedentarism, tertiarism, unitarism

Notes

unanalyzeable

See Also

-ary, -ism, -(a)r [-ar, -r], -arian, -arian, -ara, -aire, -aria, -ariae, -ario, -eer, -iere, -ier, -yer, -ero, -era, -er, -eiro, -arium, -aria, -arius, -arii, -ari, -arious, -areous, -etary, -etarian, -itary, -itaire, -itarian, -aric, -arist, -arize, -arise