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-aholism

-aholism is the alternative form of -holism.

Meaning of -holism

Suffix

-holism

  1. A form of addiction, either a physical or obsessive dependency.

Origin of -aholism

A respelling of -oholism reflecting the reduced pronunciation of the linking vowel.

Questions about -aholism

What is -aholism the alternative form of?
-aholism is the alternative form of -holism.

Words near -aholism in the dictionary

  1. -agog
  2. -agogue
  3. -agogy
  4. -ahh
  5. -aholic
  6. -aholism
  7. -aire
  8. -aires
  9. -aissance
  10. -al
  11. -alf

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -aholism (page history and authors); -holism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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