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Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Sept 30, 2009 0:49:43 GMT 1
Murtle's No. 1 fan, Steve, would like to challenge our members to list as many words ending in 'ism' as they can, and in a numbered list without repeats, before 1st October. He's offering a collar and lead set to the rescue nominated by the member who can list the most. Good luck.
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Post by murtle on Sept 30, 2009 22:58:43 GMT 1
887 words found. 1 abolitionism 2 absenteeism 3 absolutism 4 abstractionism 5 absurdism 6 academicism 7 academism 8 achromatism 9 acrotism 10 actinism 11 activism 12 adoptianism 13 adoptionism 14 adventurism 15 aeroembolism 16 aestheticism 17 ageism 18 agism 19 agnosticism 20 agrarianism 21 alarmism 22 albinism 23 alcoholism 24 aldosteronism 25 algorism 26 alienism 27 allelism 28 allelomorphism 29 allomorphism 30 alpinism 31 altruism 32 amateurism 33 amoralism 34 anabaptism 35 anabolism 36 anachronism 37 analphabetism 38 anarchism 39 anecdotalism 40 aneurism 41 anglicism 42 animalism 43 animism 44 anisotropism 45 antagonism 46 anthropocentrism 47 anthropomorphism 48 anthropopathism 49 antialcoholism 50 antiauthoritarianism 51 antiblackism 52 anticapitalism 53 anticlericalism 54 anticolonialism 55 anticommercialism 56 anticommunism 57 antielitism 58 antievolutionism 59 antifascism 60 antifeminism 61 antiferromagnetism 62 antihumanism 63 antiliberalism 64 antimaterialism 65 antimilitarism 66 antinepotism 67 antinomianism 68 antiquarianism 69 antiracism 70 antiradicalism 71 antirationalism 72 antirealism 73 antireductionism 74 antiritualism 75 antiromanticism 76 antiterrorism 77 aphorism 78 apocalypticism 79 apocalyptism 80 archaism 81 asceticism 82 assimilationism 83 associationism 84 asterism 85 astigmatism 86 asynchronism 87 atavism 88 atheism 89 athleticism 90 atomism 91 atonalism 92 atropism 93 atticism 94 autecism 95 authoritarianism 96 autism 97 autoecism 98 autoeroticism 99 autoerotism 100 automatism 101 automorphism 102 baalism 103 baptism 104 barbarianism 105 barbarism 106 behaviorism 107 biblicism 108 bibliophilism 109 bicameralism 110 biculturalism 111 bidialectalism 112 bilateralism 113 bilingualism 114 bimetallism 115 biologism 116 bioregionalism 117 bipartisanism 118 bipedalism 119 biracialism 120 blackguardism 121 bogyism 122 bohemianism 123 bolshevism 124 boosterism 125 bossism 126 botulism 127 bourbonism 128 boyarism 129 bromism 130 brutism 131 bruxism 132 bureaucratism 133 cabalism 134 caciquism 135 cambism 136 cannibalism 137 capitalism 138 careerism 139 casteism 140 catabolism 141 catastrophism 142 catechism 143 cavalierism 144 centralism 145 centrism 146 ceremonialism 147 charism 148 charlatanism 149 chauvinism 150 chemism 151 chemotropism 152 chimaerism 153 chimerism 154 chrism 155 chromaticism 156 cicisbeism 157 cinchonism 158 civicism 159 civism 160 classicism 161 classism 162 clericalism 163 clonism 164 cockneyism 165 collaborationism 166 collectivism 167 colloquialism 168 colonialism 169 colorism 170 commensalism 171 commercialism 172 communalism 173 communism 174 communitarianism 175 conceptualism 176 concretism 177 confessionalism 178 conformism 179 congregationalism 180 connubialism 181 conservatism 182 constitutionalism 183 constructivism 184 consumerism 185 controversialism 186 conventionalism 187 corporatism 188 corporativism 189 cosmism 190 cosmopolitanism 191 cosmopolitism 192 countercriticism 193 counterculturalism 194 counterterrorism 195 creationism 196 credentialism 197 cretinism 198 criticism 199 cronyism 200 cryptorchidism 201 cryptorchism 202 cubism 203 cultism 204 cynicism 205 czarism 206 dadaism 207 dandyism 208 defeatism 209 deism 210 demonism 211 denominationalism 212 despotism 213 determinism 214 deviationism 215 diabolism 216 diamagnetism 217 diastereoisomerism 218 diastrophism 219 dichroism 220 dichromatism 221 dicrotism 222 didacticism 223 diffusionism 224 dilettantism 225 dimerism 226 dimorphism 227 dioecism 228 ditheism 229 divisionism 230 doctrinairism 231 dodoism 232 dogmatism 233 druidism 234 dualism 235 dwarfism 236 dynamism 237 dysphemism 238 ecclesiasticism 239 echoism 240 eclecticism 241 ecoterrorism 242 ecotourism 243 ecumenicalism 244 ecumenicism 245 ecumenism 246 egalitarianism 247 egocentrism 248 egoism 249 egotism 250 electromagnetism 251 elitism 252 embolism 253 emotionalism 254 empiricism 255 enantiomorphism 256 encyclopedism 257 endemism 258 endomorphism 259 endoparasitism 260 entrepreneurialism 261 environmentalism 262 eonism 263 epicenism 264 epicureanism 265 epicurism 266 epigonism 267 epigrammatism 268 epiphenomenalism 269 epiphytism 270 epizoism 271 equalitarianism 272 eremitism 273 erethism 274 ergotism 275 eroticism 276 erotism 277 erraticism 278 erythrism 279 escapism 280 esotericism 281 essentialism 282 establishmentarianism 283 estheticism 284 etatism 285 ethnocentrism 286 eudaemonism 287 eudaimonism 288 euhemerism 289 eunuchism 290 euphemism 291 euphuism 292 evangelism 293 evolutionism 294 exceptionalism 295 exclusivism 296 exhibitionism 297 existentialism 298 exorcism 299 exoticism 300 exotism 301 expansionism 302 expatriatism 303 experimentalism 304 expertism 305 expressionism 306 externalism 307 extremism 308 factionalism 309 factualism 310 faddism 311 fairyism 312 familism 313 fanaticism 314 faradism 315 fascism 316 fatalism 317 fauvism 318 favism 319 favoritism 320 federalism 321 feminism 322 ferrimagnetism 323 ferromagnetism 324 fetichism 325 fetishism 326 feudalism 327 feuilletonism 328 fideism 329 finalism 330 flagellantism 331 fogyism 332 foreignism 333 formalism 334 fraternalism 335 freneticism 336 funambulism 337 functionalism 338 fundamentalism 339 futilitarianism 340 futurism 341 gallicism 342 galvanism 343 gangsterism 344 genteelism 345 geomagnetism 346 geotropism 347 giantism 348 gigantism 349 globalism 350 gnosticism 351 gourmandism 352 governmentalism 353 gradualism 354 grangerism 355 greenbackism 356 gutturalism 357 gynandromorphism 358 gypsyism 359 heathenism 360 hedonism 361 heliotropism 362 helotism 363 hemimorphism 364 henotheism 365 hermaphroditism 366 hermeticism 367 hermetism 368 hermitism 369 heroinism 370 heroism 371 heteroecism 372 heteromorphism 373 heterothallism 374 highbrowism 375 hipsterism 376 hirsutism 377 hispanism 378 historicism 379 hoboism 380 holism 381 holometabolism 382 homeomorphism 383 homoeroticism 384 homomorphism 385 homothallism 386 hoodlumism 387 hoodooism 388 hooliganism 389 hucksterism 390 humanism 391 humanitarianism 392 hybridism 393 hydrotropism 394 hylozoism 395 hypercatabolism 396 hypercriticism 397 hyperinsulinism 398 hypermetabolism 399 hyperparasitism 400 hyperparathyroidism 401 hyperpituitarism 402 hyperrealism 403 hyperthyroidism 404 hyperurbanism 405 hypnotism 406 hypocorism 407 hypoparathyroidism 408 hypopituitarism 409 hypothyroidism 410 idealism 411 idiotism 412 idolism 413 illiberalism 414 illuminism 415 illusionism 416 imagism 417 immanentism 418 immaterialism 419 immobilism 420 immoralism 421 imperialism 422 impressionism 423 incendiarism 424 incrementalism 425 indeterminism 426 indifferentism 427 individualism 428 industrialism 429 infantilism 430 inflationism 431 initialism 432 institutionalism 433 instrumentalism 434 insularism 435 intellectualism 436 internationalism 437 interventionism 438 introspectionism 439 intuitionism 440 invalidism 441 iodism 442 iotacism 443 irrationalism 444 irredentism 445 ism 446 isochronism 447 isolationism 448 isomerism 449 isomorphism 450 jesuitism 451 jingoism 452 jism 453 journalism 454 jujuism 455 kaiserism 456 laconism 457 laicism 458 landlordism 459 lathyrism 460 latitudinarianism 461 leftism 462 legalism 463 legitimism 464 lesbianism 465 liberalism 466 libertarianism 467 libertinism 468 literalism 469 lobbyism 470 localism 471 locoism 472 loyalism 473 luminism 474 lyricism 475 lyrism 476 magnetism 477 majoritarianism 478 malapropism 479 mammonism 480 mandarinism 481 mannerism 482 manorialism 483 masochism 484 materialism 485 maternalism 486 mechanism 487 medievalism 488 melanism 489 meliorism 490 mentalism 491 mercantilism 492 mesmerism 493 messianism 494 metabolism 495 metamerism 496 metamorphism 497 metasomatism 498 methodism 499 microorganism 500 microprism 501 microseism 502 militarism 503 millenarianism 504 millennialism 505 minimalism 506 misoneism 507 modernism 508 momism 509 monachism 510 monadism 511 monarchism 512 monasticism 513 monetarism 514 mongolism 515 monism 516 monochromatism 517 monoecism 518 monometallism 519 monomorphism 520 monorchidism 521 monotheism 522 moralism 523 moronism 524 morphinism 525 mosaicism 526 mullahism 527 multiculturalism 528 multilateralism 529 multilingualism 530 multiracialism 531 mutism 532 mutualism 533 mysticism 534 nabobism 535 nanism 536 narcism 537 narcissism 538 nationalism 539 nativism 540 naturalism 541 naturism 542 necessitarianism 543 necrophilism 544 negativism 545 neoclassicism 546 neocolonialism 547 neoconservatism 548 neoliberalism 549 neologism 550 neoplasticism 551 neorealism 552 nephrism 553 nepotism 554 neuroticism 555 neutralism 556 nihilism 557 nomadism 558 nominalism 559 nomism 560 nonconformism 561 nondenominationalism 562 nonobjectivism 563 nonrepresentationalism 564 nudism 565 obeahism 566 obelism 567 obiism 568 objectivism 569 obscurantism 570 obstructionism 571 occultism 572 officialism 573 ogreism 574 ogrism 575 onanism 576 operationalism 577 operationism 578 opiumism 579 opportunism 580 optimism 581 oralism 582 organicism 583 organism 584 orientalism 585 ostracism 586 overoptimism 587 pacificism 588 pacifism 589 paeanism 590 paedomorphism 591 paganism 592 paleomagnetism 593 paludism 594 pantheism 595 parajournalism 596 parallelism 597 paralogism 598 paramagnetism 599 parasitism 600 parecism 601 parkinsonism 602 parochialism 603 particularism 604 passivism 605 pastoralism 606 paternalism 607 patriotism 608 pauperism 609 pedestrianism 610 peonism 611 perfectionism 612 personalism 613 pessimism 614 phallicism 615 phallism 616 pharisaism 617 phenomenalism 618 philhellenism 619 philistinism 620 photochromism 621 photojournalism 622 photoperiodism 623 phototropism 624 physicalism 625 pianism 626 pictorialism 627 pietism 628 plagiarism 629 plebeianism 630 pleinairism 631 plenism 632 pleochroism 633 pleomorphism 634 plumbism 635 pluralism 636 pococurantism 637 poeticism 638 pointillism 639 polycentrism 640 polyglotism 641 polyglottism 642 polymerism 643 polymorphism 644 polytheism 645 populism 646 porism 647 positivism 648 postmillenarianism 649 postmillennialism 650 postmodernism 651 pragmaticism 652 pragmatism 653 predestinarianism 654 premillenarianism 655 premillennialism 656 presentism 657 priapism 658 priggism 659 primitivism 660 prism 661 privatism 662 probabilism 663 professionalism 664 prognathism 665 progressivism 666 prosaism 667 proselytism 668 prostatism 669 protectionism 670 provincialism 671 pseudoclassicism 672 pseudomorphism 673 psychologism 674 ptyalism 675 puerilism 676 pugilism 677 purism 678 puritanism 679 pygmyism 680 quackism 681 quietism 682 quislingism 683 quixotism 684 rabbinism 685 racemism 686 racialism 687 racism 688 radicalism 689 rationalism 690 reactionaryism 691 realism 692 rebaptism 693 recidivism 694 reconstructionism 695 reductionism 696 reformism 697 refugeeism 698 regionalism 699 relativism 700 representationalism 701 republicanism 702 restrictionism 703 revanchism 704 revisionism 705 revivalism 706 rheumatism 707 rightism 708 rigorism 709 ritualism 710 robotism 711 romanticism 712 rowdyism 713 royalism 714 ruffianism 715 ruralism 716 sacerdotalism 717 sacramentalism 718 sadism 719 sadomasochism 720 salvationism 721 sansculottism 722 sapphism 723 sardonicism 724 satanism 725 saturnism 726 savagism 727 scapegoatism 728 scepticism 729 schematism 730 schism 731 scholasticism 732 scientism 733 sciolism 734 secessionism 735 sectarianism 736 sectionalism 737 secularism 738 seism 739 seismism 740 semicolonialism 741 sensationalism 742 sensualism 743 sentimentalism 744 separatism 745 serialism 746 servomechanism 747 sexism 748 shamanism 749 simplism 750 sinapism 751 skepticism 752 slumism 753 snobbism 754 socialism 755 solarism 756 solecism 757 solidarism 758 solipsism 759 somnambulism 760 sophism 761 sovietism 762 specialism 763 speciesism 764 spiritism 765 spiritualism 766 spoonerism 767 standpattism 768 statism 769 stereoisomerism 770 stoicism 771 structuralism 772 subjectivism 773 supernaturalism 774 superorganism 775 superparasitism 776 superpatriotism 777 superrealism 778 superromanticism 779 supranationalism 780 suprematism 781 surrealism 782 survivalism 783 sybaritism 784 sycophantism 785 syllogism 786 symbolism 787 symmetallism 788 synchronism 789 syncretism 790 syndactylism 791 syndicalism 792 synergism 793 systematism 794 tachism 795 talmudism 796 tarantism 797 tautomerism 798 tectonism 799 teetotalism 800 televangelism 801 tenebrism 802 teratism 803 territorialism 804 terrorism 805 theatricalism 806 theism 807 theocentrism 808 thermoperiodism 809 thermotropism 810 thigmotropism 811 thromboembolism 812 titanism 813 toadyism 814 tokenism 815 totalism 816 totalitarianism 817 totemism 818 tourism 819 traditionalism 820 transcendentalism 821 transnationalism 822 transsexualism 823 transvestism 824 traumatism 825 triadism 826 tribalism 827 trichromatism 828 triliteralism 829 tritheism 830 triumphalism 831 troilism 832 tropism 833 truism 834 tsarism 835 tzarism 836 ultraconservatism 837 ultraism 838 ultraleftism 839 ultraliberalism 840 ultramontanism 841 ultranationalism 842 ultrarealism 843 uniformitarianism 844 unionism 845 unitarianism 846 universalism 847 uranism 848 urbanism 849 ureotelism 850 uricotelism 851 utilitarianism 852 utopianism 853 utopism 854 vagabondism 855 valetudinarianism 856 vampirism 857 vandalism 858 vanguardism 859 veganism 860 vegetarianism 861 ventriloquism 862 verbalism 863 verism 864 vernacularism 865 vigilantism 866 virilism 867 vitalism 868 vocalism 869 vocationalism 870 volcanism 871 voltaism 872 voluntarism 873 voluntaryism 874 volunteerism 875 voodooism 876 vorticism 877 voyeurism 878 vulcanism 879 vulgarism 880 warlordism 881 welfarism 882 wholism 883 witticism 884 workaholism 885 xerophytism 886 yahooism 887 zombiism www.morewords.com/ends-with/ism/
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Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Sept 30, 2009 23:08:28 GMT 1
Wow! Well done, Mary. Those should put a smile on Steve's face... or perhaps have him reaching for a dictionary to make sure he knows what they mean? ;D
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Post by brackensmum on Sept 30, 2009 23:27:53 GMT 1
erm does steve just want "ism" or are "isms" countable?
just enquiring as i may be able to beat marys total but all depends on Steves answer
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Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Sept 30, 2009 23:35:24 GMT 1
I was told just 'ism' - it has something to do with a challenge he is involved in with the writers' group he belongs to.
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Post by brackensmum on Sept 30, 2009 23:39:35 GMT 1
hmmm ok then <trying to figure out if i can c&p :lol: >
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Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Oct 1, 2009 0:03:29 GMT 1
Well, as it is now 1st October, I will declare Mary the winner for Dogstar (I assume?). Will make sure Steve pays up, Mary, and gets the list.
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Post by sleepylee on Oct 12, 2009 19:31:10 GMT 1
Thank you for helping me with this challenge, Mary. I have now paid Al for the prize I promised. Where does that need to be sent, please?
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Post by murtle on Oct 12, 2009 21:55:44 GMT 1
hope it helped! can it go to Dogstar please thank you x
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