| ASCETICISM | • asceticism n. The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity. • ASCETICISM n. the state of being ascetic. |
| ASEPTICISM | • asepticism n. (Dated) freedom from sepsis; asepsis. • ASEPTICISM n. aseptic treatment. |
| ASTATICISM | • astaticism n. The state of being astatic. • ASTATICISM n. the quality of being astatic, having no fixed position of stability. |
| CRITICISMS | • criticisms n. Plural of criticism. • CRITICISM n. the act of criticising. |
| EROTICISMS | • eroticisms n. Plural of eroticism. • EROTICISM n. erotic quality. |
| ERRATICISM | • erraticism n. Erratic behaviour. • ERRATICISM n. the state of being erratic. |
| EXOTICISMS | • exoticisms n. Plural of exoticism. • EXOTICISM n. the state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom. |
| FANATICISM | • fanaticism n. The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic. • FANATICISM n. fanatical outlook or behaviour. |
| GNOSTICISM | • gnosticism n. Alternative form of Gnosticism. • Gnosticism n. A wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge… • GNOSTICISM n. the belief that freedom derives solely from knowledge. |
| MYSTICISMS | • mysticisms n. Plural of mysticism. • MYSTICISM n. the habit or tendency of religious thought and feeling of those who seek direct communion with God or the divine. |
| POETICISMS | • poeticisms n. Plural of poeticism. • POETICISM n. a word or phrase that is typically, usually tritely, poetic. |
| RUSTICISMS | • rusticisms n. Plural of rusticism. • RUSTICISM n. a rustic saying or custom. |
| SCEPTICISM | • scepticism n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of skepticism. • SCEPTICISM n. the doctrine that no facts can be certainly known, also SKEPTICISM. |
| SKEPTICISM | • skepticism n. The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic. • skepticism n. A studied attitude of questioning and doubt. • skepticism n. The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible. |
| TRITICISMS | • TRITICISM n. a trite remark. |
| VORTICISMS | • vorticisms n. Plural of vorticism. • VORTICISM n. a British movement in the arts, deriving from futurism. |
| WITTICISMS | • witticisms n. Plural of witticism. • WITTICISM n. a witty remark. |