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See also: ISM, -ism, -ism-, and ism.

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Masimasi with m and s interchanged.

Symbol

ism

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Masimasi.

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English

Etymology

From the suffix -ism (“belief”), particularly (in the 19th century) in the sense of "social movement". Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪz.əm/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪzəm

Noun

ism (plural isms)

  1. An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism.
    Synonym: whateverism
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, chapter XV, in Past and Present‎, book 2:
      […] his religion, his worship was like his daily bread to him; — which he did not take the trouble to talk much about; which he merely ate at stated intervals, and lived and did his work upon! This is Abbot Samson’s Catholicism of the Twelfth Century; — something like the Ism of all true men in all true centuries, I fancy! Alas, compared with any of the Isms current in these poor days, what a thing!
    • 1887 August, W[illiam] G[raham] Sumner, “State Interference”, in North American Review:
      If it gives way to sentimentalism, or sensibility, or political mysticism, or adopts an affectation of radicalism, or any other ism, or molds its institutions so as to round out to a more complete fulfillment somebody's theory of the universe, it may fall into an era of revolution and political insecurity […]
    • 1965, Bertram David Wolfe, Marxism, One Hundred Years in the Life of a Doctrine, page 357:
      An ism does not have to possess the fearful implements of state power to cut off a deviant or heretical member.
    • 1969, Walter E. Minchinton, Mercantilism; System Or Expediency?, page xi:
      In his exposition, he has failed to achieve the identification of situation, theory, and policy necessary to create an ism.
    • 1986, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, spoken by Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick):
      Isms in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an ism – he should believe in himself.
    • 1994, Kenneth Kaye, Workplace Wars and How to End Them, page 70:
      It is important to distinguish between an ism and a mere generalization about group differences. Generalizations that have statistical validity are not isms. An ism assumes that the generalization applies to an individual.
    1. A form of discrimination, such as racism or sexism.
      • 2020 June 6, Lisa Selin Davis, “Children aren’t born racist. Here’s how parents can stop them from becoming racist.”, in CNN‎, spoken by Sarah Gaither:
        Parents and educators play a critical role in helping children of all ages navigate current events and talk openly about the historical roots of the various ‘isms in our country.

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Abinomn

Noun

ism

  1. root (of a plant)

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic اِسْم (ism).

Noun

ism (plural ismát)

  1. name

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 141

Tashelhit

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Berber *(a-)iʔsǝm (“name”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim- (“name”).

Cognate with Kabyle, Northern Saharan Berber, Tuareg, Ghadames, Central Atlas Tamazight, and Tarifit isem (“name”), Zenaga iʔšəm (“name”), Tetserret ešǝm (“name”), Proto-Semitic *šim- (“name”), and Proto-Chadic *sVm- (“name”), whence Hausa sū́nā́ (“name”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ism m (plural ismawn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⵎ, Arabic spelling ايسم)

  1. name
    Synonym: assaɣ
    ما يسم ن تغاوسا اد س تشلحيت؟
    ma ism n tġawsa ad s tšlḥit?
    what's the name of this thing in Tashelhit?
    ماد اك يسم؟ ― mad ak ism ? ― what's your name?
  2. (neologism, grammar) noun
    آسمّاود يڭا ييسم ن يميسّ ن وسكّير "مووْد".
    asmmawd iga yism n imiss n uskkir "muwd".
    "asmmawd" is the nomen instrumenti of the verb "muwd"

Inflection

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References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1151b
  • Marijn van Putten (2011), Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber (Thesis), The Netherlands: Leiden University, page 13
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Uzbek

More information Arabic (Yangi Imlo), Cyrillic ...

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai اِسْم (ism, “name”), from Classical Persian اِسْم (ism, “name”), from Arabic اِسْم m (ism, “name”).

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  • Hyphenation: ism

Noun

ism (plural ismlar)

  1. name
  2. (grammar) noun

Declension

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