see|ISM|-ism
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Noun
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- A belief that can be described by a word ending in -ism.
#:1965, Bertram David Wolfe, Marxism, One Hundred Years in the Life of a Doctrine, p. 357:
#:*An ism does not have to possess the fearful implements of state power to cut off a a deviant or heretical member.
#:1969, Walter E. Minchinton, Mercantilism; System Or Expediency?, p. xi:
#:*In his exposition, he has failed to achieve the identification of situation, theory, and policy necessary to create an ism.
#:1994, Kenneth Kaye, Workplace Wars and How to End Them, p. 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.
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