Words that rhyme with chromatism

• astigmatism 3
  n 1: (ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people [syn: astigmatism, astigmia] 2: (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point [syn: astigmatism, astigmia] [ant: stigmatism]
• absolutism 0
  n 1: dominance through threat of punishment and violence [syn: absolutism, tyranny, despotism] 2: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny] 3: the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government [syn: absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism] 4: the doctrine of an absolute being
• autism 0
  n 1: (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people
• automatism 0
  n 1: any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)
• baptism 0
  n 1: a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"
• conservatism 0
  n 1: a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes [syn: conservatism, conservativism]
• corporatism 0
  n 1: control of a state or organization by large interest groups; "individualism is in danger of being swamped by a kind of corporatism"
• cultism 0
  n 1: devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult 2: religious zeal; the willingness to serve God [syn: idolatry, devotion, veneration, cultism]
• despotism 0
  n 1: dominance through threat of punishment and violence [syn: absolutism, tyranny, despotism] 2: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny]
• diamagnetism 0
  n 1: phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force; unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet
• dogmatism 0
  n 1: the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot [syn: bigotry, dogmatism]
• egotism 0
  n 1: an exaggerated opinion of your own importance [syn: egotism, self-importance, swelled head] 2: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others [syn: ego, egotism, self-importance]
• electromagnetism 0
  n 1: magnetism produced by an electric current; "electromagnetism was discovered when it was observed that a copper wire carrying an electric current can magnetize pieces of iron or steel near it" 2: the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena [syn: electromagnetism, electromagnetics]
• favouritism 0
  n 1: an inclination to favor some person or group [syn: favoritism, favouritism] 2: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice [syn: discrimination, favoritism, favouritism]
• ferromagnetism 0
  n 1: phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed
• gigantism 0
  n 1: excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland [syn: giantism, gigantism, overgrowth] 2: excessive largeness of stature [syn: gigantism, giantism]
• hypnotism 0
  n 1: the act of inducing hypnosis [syn: hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion]
• irredentism 0
  n 1: the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related [syn: irredentism, irridentism]
• magnetism 0
  n 1: attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force [syn: magnetism, magnetic attraction, magnetic force] 2: the branch of science that studies magnetism [syn: magnetism, magnetics]
• nepotism 0
  n 1: favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
• obscurantism 0
  n 1: a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge 2: a deliberate act intended to make something obscure
• occultism 0
  n 1: the study of the supernatural 2: a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control
• parasitism 0
  n 1: the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
• patriotism 0
  n 1: love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it; "they rode the same wave of popular patriotism"; "British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high" [syn: patriotism, nationalism]
• pietism 0
  n 1: 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion 2: exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal [syn: religiosity, religionism, religiousism, pietism]
• pragmatism 0
  n 1: (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value 2: the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth [syn: realism, pragmatism]
• rheumatism 0
  n 1: any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues 2: a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint [syn: rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis, rheumatism]
• separatism 0
  n 1: a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups [syn: segregation, separatism] 2: a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists; "separatism is a serious problem in Quebec"; "demands for some form of separatism on grounds of religion have been perceived as a threat to mainstream education" 3: advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state [syn: separationism, separatism]
• syncretism 0
  n 1: the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories" 2: the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
• transvestism 0
  n 1: the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex [syn: transvestism, transvestitism, cross dressing]
• vigilantism 0
  n 1: the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws
• leftism 0
  n 1: the ideology of the political left; belief in or support of the tenets of the political left
• ergotism 0
  n 1: poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
• erotism 0
  n 1: a state of anticipation of sexuality [syn: eroticism, erotism] 2: the arousal of feelings of sexual desire [syn: amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness, amativeness]
• giantism 0
  n 1: excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland [syn: giantism, gigantism, overgrowth] 2: excessive largeness of stature [syn: gigantism, giantism]
• hirsutism 0
  n 1: excessive hairiness [syn: hirsuteness, hirsutism]
• quietism 0
  n 1: a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
• quixotism 0
  n 1: quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior [syn: knight errantry, quixotism]
• tarantism 0
  n 1: a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider
• achromatism 0
  n 1: the visual property of being without chromatic color [syn: colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity] [ant: color, coloring, colour, colouring]
• dichromatism 0
  n 1: a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) [syn: dichromacy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia, dichromasy]
• favoritism 0
  n 1: an inclination to favor some person or group [syn: favoritism, favouritism] 2: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice [syn: discrimination, favoritism, favouritism]
• proselytism 0
  n 1: the practice of proselytizing 2: the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel
• suprematism 0
  n 1: a geometric abstractionist movement originated by Kazimir Malevich in Russia that influenced constructivism
• systematism 0
  n 1: the habitual practice of systematization and classification
• anabaptism 0
  n 1: a Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state
• chartism 0
  n 1: the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people
• mutism 0
  n 1: the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak; "her muteness was a consequence of her deafness" [syn: mutism, muteness]
• dilettantism 0
• fortuitism 0
• geomagnetism 0
• helotism 0
• indifferentism 0
• scientism 0
• traumatism 0
• statism 0
• finitism 0
• hermetism 0
• narcotism 0
• schematism 0
• semitism 0
• democratism 0
• jacobitism 0
• sybaritism 0
• mithridatism 0

See also chromatism definition