Words that rhyme with nizam

n 1: habitual absence from work

n 1: the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others [syn: altruism, selflessness] [ant: egocentrism, egoism, self-centeredness, self-concern, self- interest]

n 1: the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive peoples"

n 1: the use of an archaic expression [syn: archaism, archaicism]

n 1: the doctrine or belief that there is no God [syn: atheism, godlessness] [ant: theism] 2: a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods

n 1: a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam [syn: chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil, holy oil]

n 1: a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam [syn: chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil, holy oil]

n 1: the manner and dress of a fop or dandy [syn: foppishness, dandyism]

n 1: the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation [syn: deism, free thought]

n 1: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school [syn: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism]

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]

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

n 1: excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism]

n 1: Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud [syn: Judaism, Hebraism, Jewish religion]

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]

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

n 1: a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism [syn: Lamaism, Tibetan Buddhism]

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]

n 1: rowdy behavior [syn: rowdiness, rowdyism, roughness, disorderliness]

n 1: unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)

n 1: the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions

n 1: hatred of change or innovation

n 1: a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism 2: religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu 3: popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic [syn: Taoism, Hsuan Chiao] 4: philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events [syn: Taoism, Daoism]