| CAREERISM | • careerism n. (Derogatory) The overwhelming desire or urge to advance one’s own career or social status, usually at… • careerism n. (Chiefly US) The perception that being a member of the military is a career, rather than an obligation… • CAREERISM n. intentness on one's own advancement. |
| CAUTERISM | • cauterism n. (Archaic) The use or application of a caustic; cautery. • CAUTERISM n. the use or application of a caustic. |
| CHIMERISM | • chimerism n. (Genetics) The property of being a genetic chimera. • CHIMERISM n. the state of being or creating a genetic chimaera, also CHIMAERISM. |
| DUFFERISM | • dufferism n. The behaviour or opinions of duffers. • DUFFERISM n. being a duffer, also DUFFERDOM. |
| EPIMERISM | • EPIMERISM n. optical isomerism. |
| ESOTERISM | • esoterism n. The inward forms of faith and religion; transcendence, mystic experience, and internal realizations of the Divine. • esoterism n. Being esoteric. • ESOTERISM n. the holding of esoteric opinions. |
| GANDERISM | • ganderism n. Silliness; foolishness. • GANDERISM n. foolish behaviour, as suited to a gander. |
| HETAERISM | • hetaerism n. A theoretical early state of human society (as postulated by 19th-century anthropologists) which was… • hetaerism n. An Ancient Greek custom according to which a man’s wife was forbidden to accompany him to many public… • hetærism n. Obsolete typography of hetaerism. |
| ISOMERISM | • isomerism n. (Chemistry) the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with… • isomerism n. (Chemistry) the interconversion of isomers. • isomerism n. (Nuclear physics) nuclear isomerism, the phenomenon of the existence of nuclear isomers. |
| KAISERISM | • KAISERISM n. the system of having a kaiser. |
| MANNERISM | • mannerism n. A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior… • mannerism n. Exaggerated or affected style in art, speech, or other behavior. • mannerism n. (Art, literature) In literature, an ostentatious and unnatural style of the second half of the sixteenth… |
| MESMERISM | • mesmerism n. The method or power of gaining control over someone’s personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion. • mesmerism n. The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially that of Mesmer himself). • MESMERISM n. a hypnotic state induced by the operator's imposition of his will on that of the patient. |
| NEOTERISM | • neoterism n. An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase. • NEOTERISM n. the introduction of new things, esp. words. |
| PANDERISM | • panderism n. The employment, arts, or practices of a pander. • PANDERISM n. the employment, arts, or practices of a pander. |
| PAUPERISM | • pauperism n. The state of being a pauper; poverty. • PAUPERISM n. the state of being a pauper. |
| RANTERISM | • Ranterism prop.n. (Historical) The practice or tenets of the Ranters. • RANTERISM n. the practice or tenets of the Ranters. |
| TRIMERISM | • TRIMERISM n. the state of being a trimer. |