| ATTICISM | • Atticism n. The style and idiom of Attic, the Ancient Greek Athenian dialect. • Atticism n. A well-turned phrase; a concise manner of speech or expression. • Atticism n. (Historical) A favouring of, or attachment to Attica and the Athenians. |
| AUTECISM | • AUTECISM n. the development of the entire life cycle of a parasite on a single host, also AUTOECISM. |
| BETACISM | • betacism n. (Phonology) A sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental… • betacism n. A speech disorder involving excessive use of the [b] sound, or conversion of other sounds into it. • BETACISM n. the pronunciation of the sound B as V. |
| CIVICISM | • civicism n. The principle of civil government. • CIVICISM n. a system of government based on individual rights. |
| CYNICISM | • cynicism n. (Uncountable) A distrustful attitude. • cynicism n. (Uncountable) An emotion of jaded negativity, or a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives… • cynicism n. (Countable) A skeptical, scornful or pessimistic comment or act. |
| DIOECISM | • dioecism n. The devolution of a city into its formerly subordinate constituents, the opposite of synoecism. • dioecism n. (Biology) The condition of being dioecious. • DIOECISM n. the condition of being dioecious, having male and female sexual organs in different individuals. |
| ETHICISM | • ethicism n. The application of ethics. • ETHICISM n. the tendency to moralize. |
| EXORCISM | • exorcism n. The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them. • EXORCISM n. the act of exorcising. |
| HYLICISM | • hylicism n. Synonym of hylism. • HYLICISM n. materialism, also HYLISM. |
| IOTACISM | • iotacism n. Pronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation… • iotacism n. A misspelling resulting from such pronunciation. • IOTACISM n. excessive use of the letter iota. |
| LOGICISM | • logicism n. (Philosophy) The doctrine that mathematics is a branch of logic in that some or all mathematics is reducible to logic. • LOGICISM n. Frege's theory that underlying mathematics is a purely logical set of axioms. |
| LYRICISM | • lyricism n. Great enthusiasm. • lyricism n. The emotional style of lyric poetry. • lyricism n. Suitability to be sung or used as lyrics. |
| MERYCISM | • merycism n. (Pathology) rumination syndrome. • MERYCISM n. a rare condition in which food is returned to the mouth after a short period in the stomach. |
| PARECISM | • PARECISM n. the state of being parecious, of certain mosses, having the male and female reproductive organs near one another, also PAROECISM. |
| SOLECISM | • solecism n. An erroneous or improper usage. • solecism n. (Grammar) Error in the use of language. • solecism n. (By extension) A faux pas or breach of etiquette; a transgression against the norms of expected behavior. |
| STOICISM | • stoicism n. A school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding… • stoicism n. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness. • STOICISM n. indifference to pleasure or pain. |