suffix [in nouns]
[Language: French;Origin: -isme, from Latin -isma and -ismus, from Greek -isma and -ismos, from verbs ending in -izein; -IZE]
a political belief or religion based on a particular principle or the ideas and beliefs of a particular person
　socialism
　Buddhism
the action or process of doing something
　his criticism of my work
an action or remark that has a particular quality
　her witticisms (=funny remarks)
the state of being like something or someone, or having a particular quality
　heroism (=being ahero; bravery)
　magnetism (=beingmagnetic)
illness caused by too much of something
　alcoholism
the practice of treating people unfairly because of something
　sexism (=making unfair differences between men and women)
　racism