| APTERISM | • APTERISM n. a lack of wings. |
| ASTERISM | • asterism n. (Astronomy) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern). • asterism n. A rarely used typographical symbol (⁂, three asterisks arranged in a triangle), used to call attention… • asterism n. (Mineralogy) A star-shaped figure exhibited by some crystals by reflected light (as in a star sapphire)… |
| CAUTERISM | • cauterism n. (Archaic) The use or application of a caustic; cautery. • CAUTERISM n. the use or application of a caustic. |
| 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. |
| NEOTERISM | • neoterism n. An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase. • NEOTERISM n. the introduction of new things, esp. words. |
| RANTERISM | • Ranterism prop.n. (Historical) The practice or tenets of the Ranters. • RANTERISM n. the practice or tenets of the Ranters. |
| BOOSTERISM | • boosterism n. (US) Promotion of a city, organisation, etc. in order to improve public opinion. • BOOSTERISM n. the practice of boosting or promoting a product or idea. |
| HIPSTERISM | • hipsterism n. Hipness. • hipsterism n. Something typical of a hipster. • HIPSTERISM n. the state of being a hipster, a person who knows and appreciates up-to-date jazz. |
| ASPHETERISM | • aspheterism n. (Dated, rare) The view that all property should be in common ownership and that no individual should… • ASPHETERISM n. the belief that there should be no private property. |
| CATHETERISM | • catheterism n. (Medicine) The operation of introducing a catheter; catheterization. • CATHETERISM n. use of the catheter. |
| GANGSTERISM | • gangsterism n. The behavior of a gangster; organized crime. • GANGSTERISM n. the ethos of the gangster. |
| HUCKSTERISM | • hucksterism n. The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior. • HUCKSTERISM n. being a huckster. |
| CHARACTERISM | • characterism n. A distinction of character; a characteristic. • CHARACTERISM n. a characteristic. |
| DISSENTERISM | • dissenterism n. The spirit or principles of dissenters. • DISSENTERISM n. the beliefs of a dissenter. |
| BRACHYPTERISM | • BRACHYPTERISM n. the state of having abnormally short wings. |
| FILIBUSTERISM | • filibusterism n. (Dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war. • filibusterism n. (US) The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land. • filibusterism n. The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics. |
| PHALANSTERISM | • phalansterism n. A system of phalansteries; Fourierism. • PHALANSTERISM n. support for a system involving a phalanstery, a Fourierist cooperative community. |