Words that rhyme with ism

• animism 0
  n 1: the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive peoples"
• chrism 0
  n 1: a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam [syn: chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil, holy oil]
• chrisom 0
  n 1: a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam [syn: chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil, holy oil]
• cronyism 0
  n 1: favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)
• dandyism 0
  n 1: the manner and dress of a fop or dandy [syn: foppishness, dandyism]
• jingoism 0
  n 1: an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions [syn: flag waving, jingoism] 2: fanatical patriotism [syn: chauvinism, jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism]
• polytheism 0
  n 1: belief in multiple Gods [ant: monotheism]
• prism 0
  n 1: a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms 2: optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image [syn: prism, optical prism]
• racism 0
  n 1: the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races 2: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race [syn: racism, racialism, racial discrimination]
• schism 0
  n 1: division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" [syn: schism, split] 2: the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
• dichroism 0
  n 1: pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions
• grundyism 0
  n 1: excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism]
• hebraism 0
  n 1: Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud [syn: Judaism, Hebraism, Jewish religion]
• hinduism 0
  n 1: the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal [syn: Hinduism, Hindooism] 2: a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils [syn: Hinduism, Hindooism]
• judaism 0
  n 1: Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud [syn: Judaism, Hebraism, Jewish religion] 2: the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
• lamaism 0
  n 1: a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism [syn: Lamaism, Tibetan Buddhism]
• mazdaism 0
  n 1: system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil) [syn: Zoroastrianism, Mazdaism]
• rowdyism 0
  n 1: rowdy behavior [syn: rowdiness, rowdyism, roughness, disorderliness]
• tritheism 0
  n 1: (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods
• trotskyism 0
  n 1: the form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat
• mccarthyism 0
  n 1: unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
• pleochroism 0
  n 1: the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions
• cockneyism 0
• ditheism 0
• chisholm 0
• chism 0
• chisum 0
• entryism 0
• titoism 0
• toryism 0
• ultraism 0
• voluntaryism 0

See also ism definition and ism synonyms