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-ism meaning in Myanmar

ဝါဒ wada.

/-ɪz(ə)m/

-ism in Myanmar: ဝါဒ (wada.). In English, -ism means used to form nouns of action, process, or result based on the accompanying verb ending in -ise or -ize.

Myanmar words for -ism

a principle, belief or movement
ဝါဒ wada.

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

Questions about -ism in Myanmar

What is the meaning of -ism in Myanmar?
-ism in Myanmar is ဝါဒ (wada.).
-ism ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
-ism: ဝါဒ (wada.).
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.

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