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I am impatient of merely naming authors and books that each tempt me to an expansion far beyond the limits of this essay; for, if I may be so personal, I have watched the growth of our literature in Americanism with intense sympathy.

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  1. noun Informal A distinctive doctrine, system, or theory: "Formalism, by being an 'ism,' kills form by hugging it to death” (Peter Viereck).

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  • I want all these things that weren't available in Mormon-ism, and I particularly want to make my own energetic mistakes instead of failing through default or desperation. —  Secret Ceremonies
  • It is neither malicious ill will in itself, nor is it caused, let us say, by commands from 'above'; no, in such a lack of national determination we see merely the result of an inadequate education in Germanism from childhood up and, on the other hand, an unlimited submission to an idea which has become an idol. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: General Political Considerations Based on My Vienna Period
  • Nothing is loftier or deeper in Nationalism than waging Jihad against the enemy and confronting him when he sets foot on the land of the Muslims. —  Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.
  • I'm talking about what I'm going to call his Goldstein-ism, his tendency to make veiled, dark allusions to a recently vanquished "other", an evil being (he is never specific) who is, he always implies, the real cause of all our problems. —  Latest Articles
  • "No media outlet will be tolerated here that is at the service of coup-ism, against the people, against the nation, against national independence, against the dignity of the republic," said Chavez, wearing a red beret and fatigues in his year-end speech to troops. —  VivirLatino
 

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  1. From -ism.

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  1. from -ism, this suffix being commonly used in words expressing doctrine, theory, or practice.
 

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