-ism
doctrine, practice, condition
Greek · -ismos (-ισμός)
Names a belief system, a practice, or a condition: tour + ism = tourism, optimist becomes optimism. Often the partner of -ist, the person who follows the -ism.
Memory trick
-ism is an "is-um": the idea or practice that a person IS part of.
Words from this root
- tourism (tour + ism) — business of travel for pleasureपर्यटन
- criticism (critic + ism) — judging, often finding faultsआलोचना
- optimism (optim + ism) — hope for good outcomesआशावाद
- patriotism (patriot + ism) — love for one's countryदेशभक्ति
- journalism (journal + ism) — work of reporting the newsपत्रकारिता
- heroism (hero + ism) — great braveryवीरता
- realism (real + ism) — showing things as they areयथार्थवाद
- racism (rac + ism) — unfair treatment based on raceनस्लवाद
- socialism (social + ism) — system of shared ownershipसमाजवाद
- vandalism (vandal + ism) — deliberate damage to propertyतोड़फोड़
- mechanism (mechan + ism) — parts working togetherतंत्र, कार्यप्रणाली
- plagiarism (plagiar + ism) — copying someone's work as yoursसाहित्यिक चोरी