Definitions for ism

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Spelling: [iz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈɪz əm/

Ism is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 17 anagrams from letters in ism (ims).

Definitions for ism

noun

  1. a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:

Origin of ism

extracted from words with the suffix -ism

Examples for ism

The point is, you must do it; no "ism" or esoteric agency can do it for you.

Dorothy Parker once noted that “the only ‘ism’ Hollywood cares about is plagiarism.”

That is what everybody says when they want to prove any theory, creed, ism, or anything.

I think I can't do better than inaugurate my new 'ism' by lunching there to-day.

To her the personal element in a creed is of more importance than the ism.

The ism Purchasing Managers Index indicated that the manufacturing sector is expanding smartly.

There is strength in bayonets, but what stability is there in the ism which supports them?

No bruised feelings involved, no accusation of an -ism, and no conceivable way of salvaging the “brand.”

The storm of conflicting opinions centers on the Mrs. Thatcher who became a symbolic figure, even an ‘ism.’

The ism reported that its purchasing managers index for manufacturing in October was 51.7, a bit higher than September.

Word Value for ism
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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