-icism

English

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).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-icism

1. Forms abstract nouns from Greek or Latin bases.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -icism

Briticism

dialecticism

dimwitticism

ecumenicism

mythicism

witticism

• academicism
• aestheticism
• agnosticism
• anglicism
• athleticism
• classicism
• criticism
• cynicism
• eclecticism
• empiricism
• esotericism
• fanaticism
• pedanticism
• stoicism
• witticism

Translations

forming abstract nouns from Greek or Latin bases

Hungarian: -icizmus, -izmus (hu)

Anagrams

• -misic, SIMIC, Simic