Morpheme
-ism
Type
suffix
Denotation
noun suffix denoting a practice, system, doctrine, belief
Etymology
French -isme; Latin -isma, -ismus; Ancient Greek -ismós, from -ízō/-ízomai + -mós
Evidence
activism, atheism, aphorism, catachism, classism, criticism, cubism, feminism, liberalism, magnetism, nationalism, racism, sexism
