Words that rhyme with marxism

• academicism 0
  n 1: orthodoxy of a scholastic variety [syn: scholasticism, academicism, academism]
• agnosticism 0
  n 1: a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God; "agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence" 2: the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge [syn: agnosticism, skepticism, scepticism]
• asceticism 0
  n 1: the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state 2: the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) [syn: austerity, asceticism, nonindulgence] 3: rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint [syn: asceticism, ascesis]
• athleticism 0
  n 1: intense energy; "his music is characterized by a happy athleticism" [syn: athleticism, strenuosity]
• capitalism 0
  n 1: an economic system based on private ownership of capital [syn: capitalism, capitalist economy] [ant: socialism, socialist economy]
• classicism 0
  n 1: a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms; "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans" [syn: classicism, classicalism] [ant: Romantic Movement, Romanticism]
• cynicism 0
  n 1: a cynical feeling of distrust
• didacticism 0
  n 1: communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive; "the didacticism expected in books for the young"; "the didacticism of the 19th century gave birth to many great museums"
• eclecticism 0
  n 1: making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style [syn: eclecticism, eclectic method]
• empiricism 0
  n 1: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience [syn: empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism] 2: the application of empirical methods in any art or science 3: medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings [syn: quackery, empiricism]
• eroticism 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]
• exoticism 0
  n 1: the quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt" [syn: exoticism, exoticness, exotism]
• fanaticism 0
  n 1: excessive intolerance of opposing views [syn: fanaticism, fanatism, zealotry]
• gnosticism 0
  n 1: a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches
• historicism 0
  n 1: a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history
• lyricism 0
  n 1: the property of being suitable for singing [syn: lyricality, lyricism, songfulness] 2: unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm
• monasticism 0
  n 1: asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
• mysticism 0
  n 1: a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality [syn: mysticism, religious mysticism] 2: obscure or irrational thought
• narcissism 0
  n 1: an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself; "self-love that shut out everyone else" [syn: self-love, narcism, narcissism]
• neoclassicism 0
  n 1: revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
• neuroticism 0
  n 1: a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction [syn: neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis]
• ostracism 0
  n 1: the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry" [syn: banishment, ostracism, Coventry] 2: the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
• paroxysm 0
  n 1: a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter" [syn: paroxysm, fit, convulsion]
• 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]
• romanticism 0
  n 1: impractical romantic ideals and attitudes 2: a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality" [syn: Romanticism, Romantic Movement] [ant: classicalism, classicism] 3: an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) [syn: romanticism, romance]
• scepticism 0
  n 1: the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge [syn: agnosticism, skepticism, scepticism]
• scholasticism 0
  n 1: the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers 2: orthodoxy of a scholastic variety [syn: scholasticism, academicism, academism]
• sexism 0
  n 1: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex
• solecism 0
  n 1: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie]
• solipsism 0
  n 1: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
• anglicism 0
  n 1: an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English) [syn: Anglicism, Briticism, Britishism] 2: a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens [syn: Anglicism, Britishism]
• lambdacism 0
  n 1: speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l'
• catholicism 0
  n 1: the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church [syn: Catholicism, Catholicity]
• nazism 0
  n 1: a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader [syn: Nazism, Naziism, national socialism]
• esotericism 0
• hypercriticism 0
• atticism 0
• celticism 0
• scotticism 0
• chromaticism 0
• estheticism 0
• hibernicism 0

See also marxism definition and marxism synonyms