English

Etymology

Suffix

1. the action or result of a verb

   baptism (from baptise)

2. a principle, belief or movement

   chauvinism (coined after Nicolas Chauvin)

   conservatism (from conservative)

   Cubism

   externalism

   feminism (from femina, Latin for woman)

   liberalism

   Marxism (coined after Karl Marx)

   masculism (from masculus, Latin for male)

3. a form of prejudice or discrimination, either for or against a group

   alphabetism (from alphabet)

   nationism (from nation)

   racism (from race)

   religionism (from religion)

   sexism (from sex)

   sexualism (from sexuality)

   ableism (from able)

   heterosexism (from heterosexual)

4. the defining attribute of a person or thing

   heroism (from hero)

   Shakespeareanism (coined after William Shakespeare)

5. a disorder

   autism (from autós, Greek for "self")

Suffix

1. ism

   creştinism - Christianity

   anarhism - anarchism