dwarfism
No, although "alcoholism" ends in "-ism," it is not a religion. Rather, alcoholism is a disease marked by a person with uncontrollable use of alcohol.
The medical suffix -ism commonly refers to a condition, disease, or state of being.
plagerism
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The letters "ism" typically indicate a belief system, ideology, or practice related to a specific concept or philosophy. For example, "capitalism" refers to an economic system based on private ownership, while "feminism" represents the advocacy for gender equality.
imperialism, nationalism, militarism, socialism prism Impressionism, Expressionism, Romanticism, Cubism, Modernism.
Jedi-ism, satanism and Jack Black...
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That very long word is a noun, as are almost all English words that end in the letters "ism".
The word "criticism" has three syllables: crit-i-cism.
"-Ism" is not a prefix but a suffix, a group of letters added to the end of a word in order to form another word. The prefix "-ism" may connote an action or practice (as in criticism), an attitude or outlook (as racism), a theory or doctrine (as Platonism, Puritanism, militarism), or a peculiar characteristic or trait (as colloquialism or Hebraism).