Words that rhyme with vulgarism

• behaviourism 2
  n 1: an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior [syn: behaviorism, behaviourism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology]
• adventurism 0
  n 1: recklessness in politics or foreign affairs
• amateurism 0
  n 1: the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money
• aneurysm 0
  n 1: a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall [syn: aneurysm, aneurism]
• aphorism 0
  n 1: a short pithy instructive saying [syn: aphorism, apothegm, apophthegm]
• asterism 0
  n 1: (mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light 2: (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)
• barbarism 0
  n 1: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery]
• capitalism 0
  n 1: an economic system based on private ownership of capital [syn: capitalism, capitalist economy] [ant: socialism, socialist economy]
• careerism 0
  n 1: the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity
• centrism 0
  n 1: a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action [syn: centrism, moderatism]
• consumerism 0
  n 1: the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial 2: a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers
• egocentrism 0
  n 1: concern for your own interests and welfare [syn: egoism, egocentrism, self-interest, self-concern, self- centeredness] [ant: altruism, selflessness]
• ethnocentrism 0
  n 1: belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
• futurism 0
  n 1: an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age 2: the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
• insularism 0
  n 1: the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel" [syn: insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment]
• isomerism 0
  n 1: the state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers
• mannerism 0
  n 1: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual [syn: idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism] 2: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness]
• mesmerism 0
  n 1: the act of inducing hypnosis [syn: hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion]
• militarism 0
  n 1: a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
• monetarism 0
  n 1: an economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of money
• naturism 0
  n 1: going without clothes as a social practice [syn: nudism, naturism]
• pauperism 0
  n 1: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" [syn: indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization]
• purism 0
  n 1: scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language); "linguistic purisms"
• 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]
• secularism 0
  n 1: a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
• spoonerism 0
  n 1: transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
• terrorism 0
  n 1: the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear [syn: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act]
• tourism 0
  n 1: the business of providing services to tourists; "Tourism is a major business in Bermuda" [syn: tourism, touristry]
• vampirism 0
  n 1: belief in the existence of vampires 2: the actions or practices of a vampire
• voyeurism 0
  n 1: a perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior
• thatcherism 0
  n 1: (England) the political policy of Margaret Thatcher
• epicurism 0
  n 1: the disposition and habits of an epicure
• incendiarism 0
  n 1: malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising" [syn: arson, incendiarism, fire-raising]
• meliorism 0
  n 1: the belief that the world can be made better by human effort
• euhemerism 0
• vernacularism 0
• voluntarism 0
• hitlerism 0
• labourism 0
• pentaprism 0
• rigorism 0
• solarism 0
• metamerism 0
• polymerism 0
• tautomerism 0
• welfarism 0
• verism 0

See also vulgarism definition and vulgarism synonyms