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4 definitions found 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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