ism

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

[From -ISM.]

Abbreviation for Institute of Statistical Mathematics.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
  Synonyms: doctrine, philosophy, school of thought

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - isme, teori, lære

Nederlands (Dutch)
isme, doctrine

Français (French)
n. - idéologie (péj)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ismus (bloße Theorie)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ισμός, ιδεολογία

Italiano (Italian)
ismo (teoria, dottrina)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - teoria (f) (pej.)

Русский (Russian)
учение, теория, направление

Español (Spanish)
n. - ismo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ism, riktning (inom konst, litteratur, filosofi e.d.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
主义, 说, 论

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 主義, 說, 論

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주의, 학설, 이즘

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 主義, 学説

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لاحقه معناها : عمل, عمليه, حاله, خاصيه, مذهب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תורה או מערכת-עקרונות ששמה מסתיים ב"איזם"‬

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