| GIANTISM | • giantism n. Synonym of gigantism. • GIANTISM n. a tendency to abnormally large size, also GIGANTISM. |
| SAINTISM | • saintism n. The character or quality of saints. • saintism n. Hypocritical pretence of holiness; sanctimoniousness. • SAINTISM n. the quality of a saint. |
| GIGANTISM | • gigantism n. The quality or state of being gigantic; being of abnormally large size. • gigantism n. A condition where there is over-production of growth hormone by the pituitary gland in a child before… • GIGANTISM n. a tendency to abnormally large size, also GIANTISM. |
| PEDANTISM | • pedantism n. (Rare) Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant. • PEDANTISM n. pedantry, also PEDANTICISM. |
| SCIENTISM | • scientism n. The belief that the scientific method and the assumptions and research methods of the physical sciences… • scientism n. The belief that all truth is exclusively discovered through science. • SCIENTISM n. the belief that the methods of science are universally applicable. |
| TARANTISM | • tarantism n. An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula (Lycosa tarantula)… • TARANTISM n. a dancing mania or malady of late medieval Europe, attributed popularly to the bite of a tarantula. |
| PRESENTISM | • presentism n. (Philosophy) The view that neither the future nor the past exist (events and entities that are wholly… • presentism n. The belief that only current phenomena are relevant. • presentism n. Ahistorically interpreting past phenomena in terms of current beliefs and knowledge. |
| CORYBANTISM | • corybantism n. Corybantic behaviour. • CORYBANTISM n. the rites associated with corybants. |
| IMMANENTISM | • immanentism n. (Philosophy, theology) A doctrine based on immanence, especially the immanence of God. • IMMANENTISM n. belief in an immanent or permanent god. |
| IRREDENTISM | • irredentism n. A nationalistic doctrine advocating the annexation of foreign lands with historic or ethnic links. • IRREDENTISM n. advocating return of what is now foreign land to the former occupants. |
| VIGILANTISM | • vigilantism n. The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge… • VIGILANTISM n. acting as a vigilante. |
| DILETTANTISM | • dilettantism n. The act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur or "dabbler", sometimes in the arts. Also… • DILETTANTISM n. the state of being a dilettante, also DILETTANTEISM. |
| OBSCURANTISM | • obscurantism n. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment. • obscurantism n. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness. • OBSCURANTISM n. opposition to the spread of knowledge; deliberate vagueness or abstruseness. |
| SYCOPHANTISM | • sycophantism n. Sycophantic behaviour. • SYCOPHANTISM n. sycophancy. |
| FLAGELLANTISM | • flagellantism n. The act of whipping oneself, typically for religious penance or for sexual excitement. • FLAGELLANTISM n. the practice of whipping oneself or another. |
| POCOCURANTISM | • pococurantism n. Indifference, nonchalance. • POCOCURANTISM n. indifference, also POCOCURANTEISM. |
| INDIFFERENTISM | • indifferentism n. (Religion) The doctrine that all religions are equally valid. • indifferentism n. (More broadly) Relativism, agnosticism; apathy, indifference. • indifferentism n. (Countable) An expression of such a doctrine or view. |
| QUATTROCENTISM | • quattrocentism n. The art style of the quattrocentists. • QUATTROCENTISM n. the spirit of the fifteenth century in reference to Italian art and literature. |
| INTRANSIGENTISM | • intransigentism n. The principles of intransigents; refusal to compromise. • INTRANSIGENTISM n. a policy of being intransigent. |