-icism
suffix/ɪsɪzem/
Etymology From -ic + -ism, either based directly on the adjective in -ic (as in asceticism, mysticism), or on the verb in -ise (as in anglicism). Some productivity within English, as in witticism (1670s, by analogy with criticism).
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Morpheme Forms abstract nouns from Greek or Latin bases.
- Derived terms
- academicism, aestheticism, agnosticism, anglicism, athleticism, classicism, criticism, cynicism, eclecticism, empiricism, esotericism, fanaticism, pedanticism, stoicism, witticism