-logy & -ism suffixes
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-ism suffixes A-O
Abolitionism
Absolutism
Absurdism
Accelerationism
Activism
Adventism
Agathism
Ageism
Agnosticism
Albinism
Alcoholism
Alphabetism
Alpinism
Altruism
Americanism; anti-Americanism
Amillennialism or amillenarism
Amoralism
Anachronism
Analfabetism (illiteracy)
Anarchism
Aniconism
Animalism
Animism
Annihilism
Annihilationism
Antagonism
Anthropocentrism
Aphorism
Archivism
Aristocratism
Aristotelianism
Arsonism
Asterism
Atheism
Atomism
Atticism
Attitudinarianism
Augustinism
Authoritarianism
Autism
Baptism
Barbarism
Bastardism
Behaviorism or behaviourism
Benthamism
Bibelism
Bipedalism
Blockheadism
Bolshevism
Botulism
Briticism; Britishism
Brutalism
Brutism
Buddhism; Taejang Buddhism; Zen Buddhism; Mahayana Buddhism
Bullionism
Calvinism
Canadianism
Cannibalism
Capitalism
Casteism
Casualism
Catabolism
Catechism
Catharism
Catholicism
Chaosism
Chauvinism
Christianism
Churchism
Cicisbeism
Civicism
Classicism
Cliquism
Collectivism
Communism
Comtism
Concretism
Conformism
Confucianism
Conservatism; Neoconservativism
Consumerism
Contortionism
Conversationism; also Conversationalism
Copernicanism; Copernican heliocentrism
Cosmopolitism
Creationism
Criticism
Cubism
Cultism
Culturalism; Multiculturalism
Curialism
Cynicism
Dadaism
Darwinism; Darwinianism; Municipal Darwinism; Social Darwinism
Defeatism
Demonianism
Denominationalism
Desperatism
Despotism
Determinism
Deviationism
Doctrinarianism
Dogmatism
Donnism
Doughfaceism
Dualism; Absolute dualism; Mitigated dualism (Catharism); Nondualism; Radical dualism
Dwarfism
Dynamism
Economism
Ecumenicalism
Ecumenicism
Ecumenism
Egalitarianism
Egocentrism
Egoism
Egotism
Elitism
Embolism (embolismic month, metonic cycle, lunisolar calendar)
Empiricism
Entrepreneurism
Environmentalism
Epicureanism
Epilogism
Equalitarianism
Eroticism
Escapism
Esoterism or esotericism
Essentialism
Ethnicism
Ethnocentrism
Euphemism
Euphuism
Eurasianism
Evangelism
Exceptionalism
Exclusionism
Exclusivism
Existentialism
Exorcism
Exoterism
Experientialism
Extremism
Factionalism
Falangism
Falsism
Familism
Fanaticism
Fascism
Fatalism
Fattism
Favoritism
Feminism
Fesbianism (slang, a lesbian professor)
Fetishism
Feudalism
Folklorism
Formalism
Functionalism; Dysfunctionalism
Fundamentalism
Futurism
Galvanism
Gigantism
Globalism vs. Globalisation (also spelled globalization)
Gnosticism
Gutturalism
Hedonism
Heliocentrism
Herbalism (phytotherapy)
Hereditarianism
Hermetism
Heroism
Hinduism
Hobbyism (amateur #level)
Holism
Homosexualism
Humanism; Humanitarianism
Humoralism
Hypnotism
Hypopituitarism
Iconism
Idealism
Ignorantism
Illeism
Illuminism
Immoralism
Imperialism
Impressionism
Incorporealism
Indeterminism
Individualism
Industrialism
Initialism
Inkhornism
Insularism
Internationalism; Liberal internationalism
Intuitionalism
Intuitivism
Ipsedixitism
Irrationalism
Irredentism
Irridentism
Islamism; Shia Islamism; Sunni Islamism
Isolationism (political or religious isolationists)
Jansenism
Jihadism
Jingoism (militarism, nationalism, patriotism, aggressive foreign politics towards nations or groups)
John Bullism
Journalism
Judaism
Kantianism; Neo-Kantianism
Klansmanism (Ku Klux Klan)
Laconicism
Latitudinarianism
Leftism
Legalism (in order for a ruler to maintain order in society, people must obey a set of strict laws and those in authority)
Leninism; Market-Leninism
Lesbianism (also called sapphism, slang fesbianism, bias)
Levelism
Liberalism
Libertinism
Lingism
Literalism
Lobbyism
Lollardism
Machiavellianism
Magianism
Magnetism
Malebranchism
Mandaeism
Manichaeism
Mannerism (idiosyncrasy)
Maoism
Marianism
Martinetism
Marxism; Marxism-Leninism
Masochism; sadomasochism
Materialism
Maternalism
Mechanism
Melanism
Mennonitism
Mesmerism
Metabolism
Metamorphism
Methodism (methodist movement)
Metricism
Militarism; paramilitarism
Millerism
Minimalism
Minimifidianism
Misogynism (misogyny, the hatred of women)
Mithridatism
Modernism
Monarchism
Monasticism
Monism
Monopolism (patents as government granted monopolies)
Monotheism
Moravianism
Mormonism
Motorism
Mutism
Mysticism
Naivisme (Danish, in English naïve art, usually defined as visual art, sometimes called primitivism)
Narcissism
Nationalism; Ethnic nationalism; National Socialism; State nationalism; Supernationalism
Nativism
Naturism; Nudism
Navalism
Nazism
Necessarianism
Negativism
Neoclassicism
Neologism (a newly coined word or expression. The word itself is an example of it)
Nepotism
Neuroticism
Newtonianism (Isaac Newton)
Nihilism (the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless)
Nomism
Nonjurorism
Nontheism
Obscurantism
Obsoletism
Occultism
Omnism
Onanism
Opportunism
Optimism
Organism; microorganism; super organism
Orphism
Ostracism
-ism suffixes P-Z
Pacifism
Paganism
Pantheism
Parabolism
Parliamentarism
Parsiism
Partyism
Passivism
Pastoralism
Paternalism
Patriotism
Pentecostalism (a protestant charismatic christian movement that emphasizes direct personal experience of God through baptism)
Perennialism (perennialists believe that the focus of education should be the ideas that have lasted over centuries.)
Perfectionism
Peripateticism
Pessimism
Pestalozzianism
Philanthropism
Physicalism
Plagiarism
Platonism; Neoplatonism (Plotin, latin: Plotinus)
Plebeianism
Pluralism
Politicalism
Polyglotism
Polytheism
Popularism
Populism
Positivism
Postmillennialism
Pragmatism
Predestinarianism
Preexistentism
Premillennialism
Preraphaelism
Primitivism (see Danish Naivisme above), Christian primitivism
Prism
Professionalism
Protagonism
Protestantism
Provincialism
Psittacism
Psychism
Puritanism
Puseyism
Putinism
Pyrrhonism
Pythagoreanism
Quinism; Quininism
Racism; Racialism
Radicalism
Raëlism (or Raëlianism)
Ranterism
Raphaelism
Rapism
Rastafarianism
Rationalism
Realism; Anti-realism; Social realism
Receptionism
Reductionism
Reincarnationism
Relativism
Restitutionism
Restorationism
Revisionism
Rheumatism
Ritualism
Romanticism
Royalism
Sadduceeism
Sadism; sadomasochism
Salafism
Sandemanianism
Sapphism (also called Lesbianism, slang fesbianism)
Satanism
Savoinism
Scepticism; Skepticism
Schism (a split or division B/#tween strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by %differences% in opinion or belief. Example: The widening schism B/#tween church leaders and politicians.)
Scripturalism
Secessionism
Sectarianism
Secularism
Seisism; microseisism (seismology)
Selfism
Semitism; Anti-Semitism
Sensism
Separatism
Sexism; Sexualism; Heterosexism; Pansexualism
Shaivism
Shaktism
Shamanism
Singularitarianism
Socialism; Antisocialism; National Socialism
Socratism
Sodomism
Solecism
Solifidianism
Solipsism
Sophism
Spermatism
Spiritualism; Spiritism
Stalinism
Stoicism
Subliminalism (urban)
Sufism
Supremacism
Symbolism; Jungian symbolism; Masonic symbolism
Synchronism
Syncretism (the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought)
Syriacism
Syrianism
Taoism
Tengrism
Terrorism; Antiterrorism; Bioterrorism; Counterterrorism; Domestic terrorism
Thomism (philosophical and theological school which arose as a legacy of the work and thought of Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274))
Titoism
Totalism; Totalitarianism (totalitarian Pascal, etc.)
Tourism; Ecotourism
Tractarianism
Traditionalism
Transcendentalism
Transsexualism
Transvestism
Tribalism
Tripolism (Urban, Band Name)
Tsarism
Ultracrepidarianism
Uniformism
Unilateralism
Universalism; Christian universalism
Utilitarianism
Utopianism
Vaishnavism
Vampirism
Vandalism
Veganism
Vegetarianism
Vendatism
Ventriloquism
Vernacularism
Vigilantism (law enforcement undertaken without legal authority by a self-appointed group of people)
Volcanism
Wahhabism
Wayism (urban, #Lv11 Existential #path, Butterfly #path, Mountain #path)
Weism
Westernism
Whedonism (urban, To kill off the most lovable b-list characters in your movies / TV shows)
Witticism
Wokeism (the behaviour and attitudes of people who are sensitive to social and political injustice)
Workaholism
Yazidism
Zealotism
Zionism
Zoroastrianism
Zurvanism (a fatalistic religious movement of Zoroastrianism. Zurvan, the god of infinite time and space and who was "one" and "A/lone. Also, a Zurvanian infinity loop ∞)
-ism versus approach
Albinism vs. Melanism
A/Gnosticism vs. Gnosticism
Antagonism vs. Protagonism
Buddhism vs. Hinduism
Capitalism vs. Communism (Market-Leninism)
Catholicism vs. Protestantism
Collectivism vs. Individualism
Determinism vs. Indeterminism
Dualism vs. Monism
Esoterism vs. Exoterism
Fanaticism vs. Fundamentalism
Globalism vs. Globalization
Hermetism vs. Gnosticism
Marianism vs. Mormonism
Masochism vs. Sadism
Materialism vs. Minimalism (Existentialism)
Optimism vs. Pessimism
Positivism vs. Negativism
Sunni Islamism vs. Shia Islamism
Tourism vs. Terrorism
Veganism vs. Vegetarianism
-logy suffixes
Acarology
Aerology (the study of the atmosphere, especially away from ground #level)
Aetiology (Etiology)
Agrology
Algology (The study of algae)
Amphibology
Analogy
Andrology (Branch of physiology)
Anemology
Anesthesiology
Angelology; Gnostic angelology (Pseudo-Dionysius)
Angiology
Anthology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology; Linguistic anthropology; Social anthropology; Sociocultural anthropology
Antilogy
Apiology
(Apology)
Arachnology (spiders)
Archeology; Archaeology
Archology
Areology (Ares, Aries, the study of the planet Mars)
Astrology
Audiology
Autecology
Axiology
Bacteriology
Balneology
Bibliology
Biology; Aerobiology; Astrobiology; Chronobiology; Cryobiology; Exobiology; Hydrobiology; Marine Biology; Microbiology; Neurobiology; Paleobiology; Pathobiology; Photobiology; Psychobiology; Radiobiology; Sociobiology; Xenobiology
Bromatology
Bryology (The study of mosses and liverworts)
Cardiology
Cariology
Carpology
Cetology (Branch of zoology)
Chronology; Geochronology
Climatology; Paleoclimatology
Codicology
Cohomology
Companology
Conchology
Coprology (Another term for scatology)
Cosmetology
Cosmology
Craniology
Criminology
Cryology
Cryptology
Cytology (The branch of biology concerned with the structure and function of plant and animal cells)
Dactylology
Datalogi (Danish, computer science)
Demonology
Dendrology (The scientific study of trees)
Deontology
Dermatology
Dialectology
Doxology
Ecclesiology
Ecology (Oecology); Paleoecology; Radioecology
Egyptology
Electrology
Embryology
Endocrinology (Branch of physiology)
Enology (The study of wines)
Entomology
Enzymology
Epidemiology
Epiphytology
Epistemology
Epizootiology
Escapology
Eschatology (the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.); Christian eschatology
Ethnology
Ethology
Etiology (Aetiology)
Etymology (The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.)
Eulogy
Fetology
Futurology
Garbology
Gemology (or Gemmology, gemstones, branch of mineralogy)
Genealogy
Geology; Photogeology
Gerontology
Glaciology
Graphology
Gynecology (Gynaecology)
Hagiology
Haplology
Helminthology
Hematology (The study of the physiology of the blood)
Herbology
Herpetology (the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians)
Hierology
Histology
Homology
Horology (The study and measurement of time)
Hydrology; Geohydrology
Hymnology
Hypnology
Ichnology
Ichthyology (Branch of zoology)
Iconology
Ideology; Idealogy
Immunology
Iridology
Karyology
Kinesiology (Body kinetic intelligence)
Kremlinology
Laryngology
Lepidopterology
Lexicology
Lichenology
Limnology
Lithology
Liturgiology
Logy (denoting a subject of study or interest)
Lycanthropology (werewolf)
Malacology (branch of zoology)
Malariology
Mammalogy (branch of zoology)
Martyrology
Menology (calendar of the Greek orthodox church)
Meteorology (phenomenal); Biometeorology; Exo-meteorology
Methodology
Metrology
Mineralogy
Misology
Missiology
Mixology (Cocktail mixer)
Monology
Morphology; Micromorphology; Geomorphology
Museology
Musicology; Ethnomusicology
Mycology (the scientific study of fungi)
Myology (the study of the structure, arrangement, and action of muscles)
Myrmecology (branch of entomology that deals with ants)
Mythology
Narratology
Necrology
Nematology
Neology
Nephology
Nephrology
Neonatology
Neurology
Nomology
Nosology (Branch of medical science)
Nostology
Numerology (The branch of knowledge that deals with the occult significance of numbers)
Oceanology (Another term for oceanography)
Odontology (The scientific study of the structure and diseases of teeth)
Oenology; Oinology
-Ology (A subject of study; a branch of knowledge)
Oncology
Onomatology
Ontology (Branch of metaphysics)
Oology (The study or collecting of birds' eggs)
Ophiology (Branch of zoology)
Ophthalmology
Organology
Orismology
Ornithology
Orology
Osteology
Otolaryngology
Otology
Paleology
Paleontology
Palynology
Papyrology
Parasitology
Pathology; Pathophysiology (Physiopathology);
Psychopathology; Immunopathology; Neuropathology;
Pedology (Another term for soil science)
Penology
Phytopathology; Paleopathology
Periodontology
Petrology
Pharmacology
Phenology
Phenomenology
Philology
Phlebology
Phonology
Phraseology
Phrenology
Phycology
Physiology; Ecophysiology; Neurophysiology; Histophysiology
Phytology
Planetology
Pneumatology
Poenology
Politology (rare, the branch of social science concerned with theory, description, analysis and prediction of political behavior, political systems and politics broadly-construed.)
Pomology (the science of growing fruit)
Posology (the part of medicine concerned with dosage)
Praxeology
Primatology (branch of zoology)
Proctology (the branch of medicine concerned with the anus and rectum)
Psephology
Psychology; Freudian psychology; Jungian psychology; Metapsychology; Neuropsychology; Parapsychology (Phenomenal); Pop psychology
Pteridology
Pulmonology
Pyrology
Radiology (Roentgenology)
Reflexology (Also known as [Zone Therapy])
Rheology
Rheumatology
Rhinology
Runology (the study of runes and runic writings)
Salmonology
Sarcology
Scatology
Scientology (And Dianetics)
Sedimentology
Seismology
Selenology
Semasiology (Branch of linguistics)
Semeiology
Semiology (Another term for semiotics)
Serology
Sexology
Sinology (The study of Chinese language, history, customs, and politics)
Sitology
Sociology; Phytosociology
Somatology
Soteriology (Branch of theology)
Speleology
Stereology
Symbology
Symptomatology
Synecology
Tautology
Technology; Nanotechnology; Antitechnology; Cytotechnology; Biotechnology
Teleology (the explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve rather than of the cause by which they arise.)
Teratology
Terminology (Deterministic usage of numbers, symbols, special characters and languages)
Tetralogy (Quadrilogy)
Thanatology
Theology
Tocology
Tokology
Topology
Toxicology
Tribology
Trichology
Trilogy
Tropology
Typology
Ufology (The study of UFOs)
Uranology
Urbanology
Urology
Venology
Vexillology (The study of [flags])
Victimology (The study of the victims of crime and the psychological effects on them of their experience)
Virology
Vulcanology (Obsolete %variant% of Volcanology)
Zoology; Cryptozoology; Paleozoology; Protozoology
Zymology