-ism in Arabic

Arabic words for -ism

a principle, belief or movement

ـِيَّة -iyya

English meaning of -ism

1. suffix Used to form nouns of action, process, or result based on the accompanying verb ending in -ise or -ize.
2. suffix Used to form the name of a school of thought, system, or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder (When de-capitalized, these overlap with the generic "doctrines" sense below, e.g. Liberalism vs. liberalism.).
3. suffix Used to form names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology, or principle or lack thereof.
4. suffix Used to form countable nouns indicating a peculiarity or characteristic of language.

Full definition of -ism

-ism in a sentence

• baptism (1300), aphorism (1528), criticism (1607), magnetism (1616)
• Lutheranism (1560), Calvinism (1570), Protestantism (1606), Congregationalism (1716), Mohammedanism (1815),: Palamism (1949)
• Atticism (1612), Gallicism (1656), archaism (1709), Americanism (1781), colloquialism (1834), newspaperism (1838), Shakespearianism (1886)

-ism in other languages

• -ism in Bengali
• -ism in Persian
• -ism in Myanmar

Questions about -ism in Arabic

What is the meaning of -ism in Arabic?

-ism in Arabic is ـِيَّة (-iyya).

ما معنى كلمة -ism؟

-ism: ـِيَّة (-iyya).

What does -ism mean in English?

-ism means used to form nouns of action, process, or result based on the accompanying verb ending in -ise or -ize.