Words that rhyme with finitism

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

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]

n 1: (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people

n 1: any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)

n 1: a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"

n 1: a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes [syn: conservatism, conservativism]

n 1: control of a state or organization by large interest groups; "individualism is in danger of being swamped by a kind of corporatism"

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]

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]

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

n 1: the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot [syn: bigotry, dogmatism]

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]

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]

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]

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

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]

n 1: the act of inducing hypnosis [syn: hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion]

n 1: the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related [syn: irredentism, irridentism]

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]

n 1: favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)

n 1: a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge 2: a deliberate act intended to make something obscure

n 1: the study of the supernatural 2: a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control

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)

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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)

n 1: the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex [syn: transvestism, transvestitism, cross dressing]

n 1: the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws

n 1: the ideology of the political left; belief in or support of the tenets of the political left

n 1: hallucinatory perception of colored lights 2: abnormal pigmentation

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

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]

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]

n 1: excessive hairiness [syn: hirsuteness, hirsutism]

n 1: a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God

n 1: quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior [syn: knight errantry, quixotism]

n 1: a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider

n 1: the visual property of being without chromatic color [syn: colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity] [ant: color, coloring, colour, colouring]

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]

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

n 1: a geometric abstractionist movement originated by Kazimir Malevich in Russia that influenced constructivism

n 1: the habitual practice of systematization and classification

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

n 1: the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people

n 1: the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak; "her muteness was a consequence of her deafness" [syn: mutism, muteness]