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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ism \-ism\ [F. -isme, or L. -ismus, Gr ?.]
A suffix indicating an act a process, the result of an act
or a process, a state; also a characteristic (as a theory,
doctrine, idiom, etc.); as baptism, galvanism, organism,
hypnotism, socialism, sensualism, Anglicism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ism \Ism\, n. [See {ism}, above.]
A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.
--E. Everett.
The world grew light-headed, and forth came a spawn of
isms which no man can number. --S. G.
Goodrich.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ism
n : a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by
some group or school [syn: {doctrine}, {philosophy}, {school
of thought}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
ISM
Industrial, Science, Medical [ = 2,4 GHz ] (WLAN)
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