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• 1Forming nouns denoting an action or its result.

  ‘baptism’

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  • ‘exorcism’

  1. 1.1Forming nouns denoting a state or quality.
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     • ‘barbarism’
• 2Forming nouns denoting a system, principle, or ideological movement.

  ‘Anglicanism’

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  • ‘feminism’
  • ‘hedonism’

  1. 2.1Forming nouns denoting a basis for prejudice or discrimination.
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     • ‘racism’
• 3Forming nouns denoting a peculiarity in language.

  ‘colloquialism’

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  • ‘Canadianism’
• 4Forming nouns denoting a pathological condition.

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  • ‘alcoholism’