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-ism

suff.

1. Action, process; practice: vegetarianism.

2. Characteristic behavior or quality: puerilism.

3. State; condition; quality: senilism.

4. State or condition resulting from an excess of something specified: strychninism.

5. Doctrine; theory; system of principles: Darwinism.

-ism, -ismus,

suffix meaning "condition of, practice of, theory of ": hyperthyroidism, hypopituitarism, strabismus.

-ism

suffix meaning a state, process or condition.

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