6-letter words ending in ISM

6-letter words 28

• racismthe prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races
• autism(psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people
• sexismdiscriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex
• sadismsexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others
• schismdivision of a group into opposing factions
• cubisman artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
• nudismgoing without clothes as a social practice
• egoism(ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality
• ageismdiscrimination against middle-aged and elderly people
• truisman obvious truth
• mutismthe condition of being unable or unwilling to speak
• theismthe doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods
• chrisma consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam
• holismthe theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole
• civism
• monismthe doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element
• purismscrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)
• verism
• favismanemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency
• momismexcessive protection
• eonism
• iodism
• lyrism
• nanisma genetic abnormality resulting in short stature
• nomism
• obiismbelief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies
• ogrism
• porism