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DjLoTi
10-11-2007, 10:10 AM
I once heard a song and in that song it said ' The 'isims divide us' ( definitions taken from www.m-w.com )

Capitalism - "an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision..."
Corporatism - "the organization of a society into industrial and professional corporations serving as organs of political representation and exercising control over persons and activities within their jurisdiction"
terrorism - "the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion" (more coming soon)
racism
sexism
isolationism
totalitarianism
socialism
fascism
communism
libertarianism
schisms
prism
Antidisestablishmentarianism ;)

add to the list of the isims that divide us! Lets find them so we can spot them, any good ones out there? pacifism?

uncloned21
10-11-2007, 10:16 AM
Antidisestablishmentarianism

DeadheadForPaul
10-11-2007, 10:29 AM
totalitarianism
socialism
fascism
communism
libertarianism
schisms

ConstitutionGal
10-11-2007, 10:30 AM
Antidisestablishmentarianism
You win!! What could possibly beat the longest word in the English language?:eek:

DjLoTi
10-11-2007, 10:31 AM
aneurysm! No "i" in that one

BUT

I just found a contender on LewRockwell.com - "fascism" .... oh DH4P u beat me :)

Tidewise
10-11-2007, 10:36 AM
Ismism

DjLoTi
10-11-2007, 10:37 AM
Ismism

That is not on www.m-w.com. Definition?

EvilEngineer
10-11-2007, 10:38 AM
Antidisestablishmentarianism

Oddly known about that one for a while. It's longer than the entire alphabet.

ConstitutionGal
10-11-2007, 10:38 AM
Corporatism ?

constituent
10-11-2007, 10:40 AM
prism.

Tidewise
10-11-2007, 10:43 AM
RE: Ismism

That is not on www.m-w.com. Definition?
That's cause I made it up. It is the belief in isms. A very dangerous belief ;)

uncloned21
10-11-2007, 10:44 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_philosophical_isms

DjLoTi
10-11-2007, 11:02 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_philosophical_isms

nice

inibo
10-11-2007, 11:10 AM
You win!! What could possibly beat the longest word in the English language?:eek:

Actually, no. Though it is not an "ism"

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
is the longest word ever to appear in an English Dictionary. At least according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis).

I guess I suffer from pedantism.

:D

McDermit
10-11-2007, 11:16 AM
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skepticisms, slumism, slumisms, snobbism, snobbisms, socialism, socialisms, solarism, solarisms, solecism, solecisms, solidarism, solidarisms, solipsism, solipsisms, somnambulism, somnambulisms, sophism, sophisms, sovietism, sovietisms, specialism, specialisms, speciesism, speciesisms, spiritism, spiritisms, spiritualism, spiritualisms, spoonerism, spoonerisms, standpattism, standpattisms, statism, statisms, stereoisomerism, stereoisomerisms, stoicism, stoicisms, strabismic, strabismus, strabismuses, structuralism, structuralisms, subjectivism, subjectivisms, supernaturalism, supernaturalisms, superorganism, superorganisms, superparasitism, superparasitisms, superpatriotism, superpatriotisms, superrealism, superrealisms, superromanticism, superromanticisms, supranationalism, supranationalisms, suprematism, suprematisms, surrealism, surrealisms, sybaritism, sybaritisms, sycophantism, sycophantisms, syllogism, syllogisms, symbolism, symbolisms, symmetallism, symmetallisms, synchronism, synchronisms, syncretism, syncretisms, syndactylism, syndactylisms, syndicalism, syndicalisms, synergism, synergisms, systematism, systematisms, tachism, tachisme, tachismes, tachisms, talisman, talismanic, talismanically, talismans, talmudism, talmudisms, tantrism, tarantism, tarantisms, tautomerism, tautomerisms, tectonism, tectonisms, teetotalism, teetotalisms, televangelism, televangelisms, tenebrism, tenebrisms, teratism, teratisms, territorialism, territorialisms, terrorism, terrorisms, theatricalism, theatricalisms, theism, theisms, theocentrism, theocentrisms, thermoperiodism, thermoperiodisms, thermotropism, thermotropisms, thigmotropism, thigmotropisms, thromboembolism, thromboembolisms, titanism, titanisms, toadyism, toadyisms, tokenism, tokenisms, totalism, totalisms, totalitarianism, totalitarianisms, totemism, totemisms, tourism, tourisms, traditionalism, traditionalisms, transcendentalism, transcendentalisms, transnationalism, transnationalisms, transsexualism, transsexualisms, transvestism, transvestisms, traumatism, traumatisms, triadism, triadisms, tribalism, tribalisms, trichromatism, trichromatisms, triliteralism, triliteralisms, trismic, trismus, trismuses, tritheism, tritheisms, triumphalism, triumphalisms, troilism, troilisms, tropism, tropisms, truism, truisms, tsarism, tsarisms, tzarism, tzarisms, ultraconservatism, ultraconservatisms, ultraism, ultraisms, ultraleftism, ultraleftisms, ultraliberalism, ultraliberalisms, ultramontanism, ultramontanisms, ultranationalism, ultranationalisms, ultrarealism, ultrarealisms, uncharismatic, undismayed, uniformitarianism, uniformitarianisms, unionism, unionisms, unitarianism, unitarianisms, universalism, universalisms, uranism, uranisms, urbanism, urbanisms, ureotelism, ureotelisms, uricotelism, uricotelisms, utilitarianism, utilitarianisms, utopianism, utopianisms, utopism, utopisms, vagabondism, vagabondisms, vaginismus, vaginismuses, valetudinarianism, valetudinarianisms, vampirism, vampirisms, vandalism, vandalisms, vanguardism, vanguardisms, veganism, veganisms, vegetarianism, vegetarianisms, ventriloquism, ventriloquisms, verbalism, verbalisms, verism, verismo, verismos, verisms, vernacularism, vernacularisms, vigilantism, vigilantisms, virilism, virilisms, vitalism, vitalisms, vocalism, vocalisms, vocationalism, vocationalisms, volcanism, volcanisms, voltaism, voltaisms, voluntarism, voluntarisms, voluntaryism, voluntaryisms, volunteerism, volunteerisms, voodooism, voodooisms, vorticism, vorticisms, voyeurism, voyeurisms, vulcanism, vulcanisms, vulgarism, vulgarisms, warlordism, warlordisms, welfarism, welfarisms, wholism, wholisms, witticism, witticisms, womanism, workaholism, workaholisms, xerophytism, xerophytisms, yahooism, yahooisms, zombiism, zombiisms

anticommercialism, congregationalism, constitutionalism, denominationalism, latitudinarianism, postmillennialism, predestinarianism, premillenarianism, reconstructionism, transcendentalism, ultraconservatism, uniformitarianism, valetudinarianism

antiferromagnetism, counterculturalism, diastereoisomerism, entrepreneurialism, hypoparathyroidism, postmillenarianism

hyperparathyroidism, representationalism

antiauthoritarianism, nondenominationalism

nonrepresentationalism

McDermit
10-11-2007, 11:17 AM
anthropocentrism, anthropomorphism, antievolutionism, antireductionism, authoritarianism, collaborationism, communitarianism, controversialism, countercriticism, counterterrorism, electromagnetism, environmentalism, epiphenomenalism, gynandromorphism, hyperpituitarism, institutionalism, internationalism, introspectionism, multiculturalism, necessitarianism, premillennialism, pseudoclassicism, superromanticism, supranationalism, transnationalism, ultranationalism


abstractionism, allelomorphism, antialcoholism, anticapitalism, antiliberalism, antimilitarism, antiquarianism, antiradicalism, apocalypticism, associationism, bidialectalism, constructivism, cryptorchidism, egalitarianism, endoparasitism, exceptionalism, existentialism, ferrimagnetism, ferromagnetism, fundamentalism, heteromorphism, heterothallism, holometabolism, hypercriticism, hypothyroidism, incrementalism, indifferentism, libertarianism, millenarianism, monochromatism, multiracialism, neocolonialism, nonobjectivism, obstructionism, operationalism, paleomagnetism, parajournalism, photoperiodism, pseudomorphism, reactionaryism, restrictionism, sacramentalism, sensationalism, sentimentalism, servomechanism, territorialism, traditionalism, transsexualism, ultramontanism, utilitarianism

aldosteronism, analphabetism, anticommunism, antinomianism, antiritualism, antiterrorism, autoeroticism, bibliophilism, biculturalism, bipartisanism, blackguardism, bureaucratism, catastrophism, ceremonialism, colloquialism, commercialism, conceptualism, corporativism, cosmopolitism, credentialism, doctrinairism, ecumenicalism, encyclopedism, epigrammatism, ethnocentrism, exhibitionism, expressionism, feuilletonism, flagellantism, functionalism, homeomorphism, homoeroticism, hyperurbanism, immaterialism, impressionism, indeterminism, individualism, industrialism, irrationalism, microorganism, millennialism, monometallism, neoclassicism, neoliberalism, neoplasticism, nonconformism, paedomorphism, paramagnetism, particularism, pedestrianism, perfectionism, phenomenalism, philhellenism, photochromism, pococurantism, postmodernism, progressivism, protectionism, provincialism, republicanism, sacerdotalism, sadomasochism, sansculottism, scholasticism, structuralism, superorganism, televangelism, theatricalism, thermotropism, thigmotropism, trichromatism, triliteralism, vegetarianism, ventriloquism, vernacularism, vocationalism

abolitionism, aeroembolism, aestheticism, allomorphism, anecdotalism, anisotropism, antiblackism, antifeminism, antihumanism, antinepotism, apocalyptism, asynchronism, automorphism, barbarianism, bicameralism, bilateralism, bilingualism, charlatanism, chemotropism, chromaticism, collectivism, commensalism, connubialism, conservatism, cryptorchism, deviationism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dichromatism, diffusionism, dilettantism, emotionalism, endomorphism, epicureanism, essentialism, evolutionism, expansionism, expatriatism, factionalism, fraternalism, geomagnetism, greenbackism, heliotropism, hemimorphism, homomorphism, homothallism, hydrotropism, hyperrealism, illiberalism, incendiarism, inflationism, intuitionism, isolationism, mercantilism, metamorphism, metasomatism, monomorphism, monorchidism, necrophilism, obscurantism, operationism, overoptimism, parkinsonism, parochialism, philistinism, phototropism, pictorialism, pleomorphism, polycentrism, polyglottism, polymorphism, pragmaticism, psychologism, reductionism, salvationism, scapegoatism, secessionism, sectarianism, sectionalism, somnambulism, spiritualism, standpattism, subjectivism, superrealism, sycophantism, symmetallism, syndactylism, theocentrism, transvestism, triumphalism, ultraleftism, ultrarealism, unitarianism, universalism, voluntaryism, volunteerism

absenteeism, academicism, achromatism, adoptianism, adoptionism, adventurism, agnosticism, agrarianism, anachronism, antielitism, antifascism, antirealism, astigmatism, athleticism, autoerotism, behaviorism, bimetallism, biracialism, bohemianism, cannibalism, cavalierism, clericalism, colonialism, communalism, consumerism, corporatism, creationism, determinism, didacticism, divisionism, eclecticism, ecumenicism, egocentrism, esotericism, estheticism, eudaemonism, eudaimonism, exclusivism, externalism, freneticism, funambulism, gangsterism, gourmandism, gutturalism, hermeticism, heteroecism, highbrowism, historicism, hooliganism, hucksterism, illusionism, immanentism, imperialism, infantilism, irredentism, isochronism, isomorphism, landlordism, libertinism, malapropism, mandarinism, manorialism, materialism, medievalism, monasticism, nationalism, neuroticism, objectivism, officialism, opportunism, orientalism, parallelism, pastoralism, paternalism, personalism, physicalism, plebeianism, pleinairism, pleochroism, pointillism, polyglotism, primitivism, probabilism, prognathism, proselytism, quislingism, rationalism, regionalism, revisionism, romanticism, sardonicism, suprematism, synchronism, syndicalism, systematism, tautomerism, teetotalism, uricotelism, vagabondism, vanguardism, vigilantism, voluntarism, workaholism, xerophytism

absolutism, alcoholism, amateurism, anabaptism, antagonism, antiracism, asceticism, automatism, bipedalism, bolshevism, boosterism, bourbonism, capitalism, catabolism, centralism, chauvinism, chimaerism, cicisbeism, cinchonism, classicism, cockneyism, concretism, conformism, dimorphism, dysphemism, ecotourism, empiricism, epiphytism, erraticism, euhemerism, evangelism, factualism, fanaticism, favoritism, federalism, foreignism, genteelism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, grangerism, heathenism, henotheism, hipsterism, hoodlumism, hypocorism, illuminism, immobilism, immoralism, initialism, insularism, invalidism, journalism, legitimism, lesbianism, liberalism, literalism, messianism, metabolism, metamerism, microprism, microseism, militarism, minimalism, monarchism, monetarism, monotheism, morphinism, narcissism, naturalism, negativism, neorealism, neutralism, nominalism, organicism, pacificism, paralogism, parasitism, patriotism, phallicism, pharisaism, plagiarism, polymerism, polytheism, positivism, pragmatism, presentism, prostatism, puritanism, radicalism, recidivism, refugeeism, relativism, revanchism, revivalism, rheumatism, ruffianism, scepticism, schematism, secularism, sensualism, separatism, skepticism, solidarism, specialism, speciesism, spoonerism, surrealism, sybaritism, syncretism, traumatism, ureotelism, utopianism, warlordism

absurdism, academism, amoralism, anabolism, anarchism, anglicism, animalism, atonalism, autoecism, barbarism, biblicism, biologism, caciquism, careerism, catechism, chimerism, communism, cretinism, criticism, defeatism, despotism, diabolism, dichroism, dicrotism, dogmatism, ecumenism, epicenism, epicurism, epigonism, eremitism, eroticism, erythrism, eunuchism, euphemism, exoticism, expertism, extremism, fetichism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, gallicism, galvanism, gigantism, globalism, hermetism, hermitism, heroinism, hirsutism, hispanism, hoodooism, hybridism, hylozoism, hypnotism, isomerism, jesuitism, kaiserism, lathyrism, magnetism, mammonism, mannerism, masochism, mechanism, meliorism, mentalism, mesmerism, methodism, misoneism, modernism, monachism, mongolism, monoecism, mosaicism, mullahism, mutualism, mysticism, neologism, occultism, ostracism, pantheism, passivism, pauperism, pessimism, pluralism, poeticism, privatism, puerilism, quixotism, rabbinism, racialism, rebaptism, reformism, ritualism, saturnism, scientism, serialism, shamanism, socialism, solipsism, sovietism, spiritism, syllogism, symbolism, synergism, talmudism, tarantism, tectonism, tenebrism, terrorism, tribalism, tritheism, vampirism, vandalism, verbalism, volcanism, voodooism, vorticism, voyeurism, vulcanism, vulgarism, welfarism, witticism

acrotism, actinism, activism, alarmism, albinism, algorism, alienism, allelism, alpinism, altruism, aneurism, aphorism, archaism, asterism, atropism, atticism, autecism, binarism, botulism, boyarism, cabalism, casteism, centrism, civicism, classism, colorism, cronyism, cynicism, dandyism, demonism, dimerism, dioecism, ditheism, druidism, dwarfism, dynamism, embolism, endemism, epizoism, erethism, ergotism, escapism, euphuism, exorcism, fairyism, familism, faradism, fatalism, feminism, finalism, fogeyism, futurism, giantism, gypsyism, hedonism, helotism, humanism, idealism, idiotism, iotacism, jingoism, kabalism, laconism, legalism, lobbyism, localism, looksism, loyalism, lyricism, machoism, melanism, monadism, moralism, moronism, nabobism, nasalism, nativism, naturism, nephrism, nepotism, nihilism, nomadism, obeahism, opiumism, optimism, organism, pacifism, paeanism, paganism, paludism, parecism, phallism, plumbism, populism, priapism, priggism, prosaism, ptyalism, pugilism, pygmyism, quackism, quietism, racemism, rightism, rigorism, robotism, rowdyism, royalism, ruralism, sapphism, satanism, savagism, sciolism, seismism, simplism, sinapism, snobbism, solarism, solecism, stoicism, tantrism, teratism, titanism, toadyism, tokenism, totalism, totemism, triadism, troilism, ultraism, unionism, urbanism, veganism, virilism, vitalism, vocalism, voltaism, womanism, yahooism, zombiism

ableism, animism, atavism, atheism, atomism, baalism, baptism, bogyism, bossism, bromism, brutism, bruxism, cambism, charism, chemism, cladism, clonism, cosmism, cultism, czarism, dadaism, dodoism, dualism, echoism, egotism, elitism, erotism, etatism, exotism, faddism, fascism, fauvism, fideism, fogyism, heroism, hoboism, idolism, imagism, jujuism, laicism, leftism, locoism, lookism, mobbism, narcism, obelism, ogreism, onanism, oralism, orphism, peonism, pianism, pietism, plenism, realism, slumism, sophism, statism, tachism, tourism, tropism, tsarism, tzarism, uranism, utopism, wholism

ageism, autism, chrism, civism, cubism, egoism, eonism, favism, holism, iodism, lyrism, momism, monism, mutism, nanism, nomism, nudism, obiism, ogrism, porism, purism, racism, sadism, schism, sexism, theism, truism, verism

agism, deism, prism, seism

DjLoTi
10-11-2007, 11:20 AM
From McDermit's list:

"patriotism"

What happened to that one?

DjLoTi
10-11-2007, 03:51 PM
I guess I suffer from pedantism.

:D

Do they have a drug on TV for that??? Please, let me buy it.

atilla
10-11-2007, 04:42 PM
sexygynodeludism -- the common belief by men under 35 years old that the woman they are dating is so hot that they can't live without her. also characterized by a belief that said woman will be just as nice and enjoyable after they marry as she was before. many also suffer from a delusion that their girlfriend will not gain weight and will continue to be sexy after marriage.

Broadlighter
10-11-2007, 04:58 PM
Illegal Hegelianism - Treasonous Americans who follow the Hegelian dialectic as a means to acquire political power and promote policies that violate the U.S. Constitution and the original intent of the Founding Fathers.

Illegal Hegelian - One who practices Illegal Hegelianism

Too bad our immigration laws don't cover them.