-icism en · X
Pronunciation
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- /ɪsɪzəm/
Etymology
From -ic + -ism, either based directly on the adjective in -ic (as in asceticism, mysticism), or on the verb in -ise (as in anglicism). Some productivity within English, as in witticism (1670s, by analogy with criticism).
Meanings
- (morpheme) Forms abstract nouns from Greek or Latin bases.
Deriveds
academicism · aestheticism · empiricism · athleticism · pedanticism · stoicism · fanaticism · criticism · eclecticism · anglicism · agnosticism · witticism · classicism · esotericism · cynicism
Translations (2)
hu -icizmus (forming abstract nouns from Greek or Latin bases) · hu -izmus (forming abstract nouns from Greek or Latin bases)