| ANIMATISM | • animatism n. (Anthropology) The belief that everything is pervaded with a life-force giving each inanimate object… • ANIMATISM n. the primitive attribution of life to natural phenomena. |
| DEFEATISM | • defeatism n. Acceptance of defeat without struggle. • DEFEATISM n. readiness or inclination to accept defeat. |
| DOGMATISM | • dogmatism n. The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion. • DOGMATISM n. the manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion. |
| DONATISMS | • DONATISM n. the tenets of the Donatists, a schismatic body of North African Christians. |
| ETATISMES | • ETATISME n. (French) extreme state control over the individual, also ETATISM. |
| MAGMATISM | • magmatism n. (Geology) The flow of magma. • magmatism n. (Geology) The formation of igneous rock by the solidification of magma. • MAGMATISM n. the production of magma. |
| PREDATISM | • PREDATISM n. the state of preying on other animals. |
| PRELATISM | • prelatism n. Prelacy; episcopacy. • PRELATISM n. domination by prelates. |
| PRIVATISM | • privatism n. Concern only with issues inasmuch as they affect one as an individual; self-interest. • PRIVATISM n. a tendency to be concerned with ideas, matters, etc. only as affecting one as an individual. |
| SABBATISM | • Sabbatism n. (Judaism) Strict observance of the Sabbath. • SABBATISM n. intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath. |
| SIGMATISM | • sigmatism n. A lisp. • sigmatism n. Defective pronunciation of sibilant sounds. • SIGMATISM n. repetition of the sigma sound. |
| SOMATISMS | • somatisms n. Plural of somatism. • SOMATISM n. materialism. |
| TERATISMS | • teratisms n. Plural of teratism. • TERATISM n. a malformed fetus. |
| THANATISM | • thanatism n. The belief that the human soul eventually dies. • THANATISM n. the belief that the soul dies with the body. |