Words that rhyme with dichromatism

  • syncretism
    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
    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
    n 1: the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws
  • leftism
    n 1: the ideology of the political left; belief in or support of the tenets of the political left
  • chromatism
    n 1: hallucinatory perception of colored lights 2: abnormal pigmentation
  • ergotism
    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
    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
    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
    n 1: excessive hairiness [syn: hirsuteness, hirsutism]
  • quietism
    n 1: a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
  • quixotism
    n 1: quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior [syn: knight errantry, quixotism]
  • tarantism
    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
    n 1: the visual property of being without chromatic color [syn: colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity] [ant: color, coloring, colour, colouring]
  • favoritism
    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
    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
    n 1: a geometric abstractionist movement originated by Kazimir Malevich in Russia that influenced constructivism
  • systematism
    n 1: the habitual practice of systematization and classification
  • anabaptism
    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
    n 1: the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people
  • mutism
    n 1: the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak; "her muteness was a consequence of her deafness" [syn: mutism, muteness]
  • traumatism
  • statism
  • finitism
  • hermetism
  • narcotism
  • semitism
  • democratism
  • jacobitism
  • sybaritism
  • mithridatism

See also dichromatism definition