| noctambulism | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism |
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| nominalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name | - |
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| occidentalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations | - |
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| oculism | (noun) the craft of an oculist | - |
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| operationalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it | - |
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| orientalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations | - |
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| originalism | (noun) the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it | - |
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| ornamentalism | (noun) the practice of ornamental display | - |
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| parallelism | (noun) similarity by virtue of corresponding | Synonyms: correspondence |
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| parochialism | (noun) a limitation of views or interests like that defined by a local parish | - |
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| paternalism | (noun) the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good | - |
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| pentecostalism | (noun) the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues | - |
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| photojournalism | (noun) journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures | - |
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| physicalism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality | Synonyms: materialism |
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| pluralism | (noun) the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time | - |
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| (noun) the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements | - |
| (noun) a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated | - |
| pointillism | (noun) a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France | - |
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| (noun) a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France | - |
| polytonalism | (noun) music that uses two or more different keys at the same time | Synonyms: polytonality |
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| populism | (noun) the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite | - |
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| probabilism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action | - |
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| (noun) a Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable opinion that he wishes even though some different opinion might be more probable | - |
| professionalism | (noun) the expertness characteristic of a professional person | - |
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| provincialism | (noun) a partiality for some particular place | Synonyms: localism, sectionalism |
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| (noun) a lack of sophistication | - |
| ptyalism | (noun) excessive flow of saliva | - |
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| pugilism | (noun) fighting with the fists | Synonyms: boxing, fisticuffs |
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| racialism | (noun) discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race | Synonyms: racial discrimination, racism |
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| radicalism | (noun) the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society | - |
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| rationalism | (noun) the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct | Synonyms: freethinking |
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| (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience | - |
| (noun) the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth | - |
| realism | (noun) the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth | Synonyms: pragmatism |
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| (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived | Synonyms: naive realism |
| (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names | Synonyms: Platonism |
| (noun) an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description | Synonyms: naturalism |
| (noun) the state of being actual or real | Synonyms: reality, realness |
| regionalism | (noun) loyalty to the interests of a particular region | - |
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| (noun) a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region | - |
| (noun) a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas | - |
| revivalism | (noun) an attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith | - |
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| ritualism | (noun) exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship | - |
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| (noun) the study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies | - |
| royalism | (noun) adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government | - |
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| ruralism | (noun) a rural characteristic or trait | Synonyms: rurality |
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| (noun) a rural idiom or expression | Synonyms: rusticism |
| (noun) Advocacy of rural life instead of urbanism or city living. | - |
| sacerdotalism | (noun) a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God | - |
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| sciolism | (noun) pretentious superficiality of knowledge | - |
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| sectionalism | (noun) a partiality for some particular place | Synonyms: localism, provincialism |
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| sensationalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Synonyms: empiricism, empiricist philosophy |
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| (noun) (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good | Synonyms: sensualism |
| (noun) the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes | Synonyms: luridness |
| (noun) subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes | - |
| sensualism | (noun) (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good | Synonyms: sensationalism |
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| (noun) desire for sensual pleasures | Synonyms: sensuality, sensualness |
| sentimentalism | (noun) a predilection for sentimentality | - |
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| (noun) the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form | - |
| serialism | (noun) 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition | Synonyms: serial music |
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| simplism | (noun) an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is | Synonyms: oversimplification |
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| (noun) an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation | Synonyms: oversimplification |
| socialism | (noun) a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | - |
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| (noun) an economic system based on state ownership of capital | Synonyms: socialist economy |
| somnambulism | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation |
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| spatialism | (noun) an art movement founded by Italian artist Lucio Fontana in Milan in 1947 in which he intended to synthesize colour, sound, space, movement, and time into a new type of art. | - |
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| specialism | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialisation, speciality, specialization, specialty |
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| (noun) the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation | - |
| spiritualism | (noun) concern with things of the spirit | Synonyms: otherworldliness, spiritism, spirituality |
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| (noun) the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium) | - |
| (noun) (theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God | - |
| structuralism | (noun) linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse | Synonyms: structural linguistics |
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| (noun) an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena | Synonyms: structural anthropology |
| (noun) a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals | Synonyms: structural sociology |
| supernaturalism | (noun) the quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces | Synonyms: supernaturalness |
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| (noun) a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding | - |
| surrealism | (noun) a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams | - |
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| symbolism | (noun) the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning | Synonyms: symbolisation, symbolization |
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| (noun) a system of symbols and symbolic representations | - |
| (noun) an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images | - |
| syndactylism | (noun) birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes | Synonyms: syndactyly |
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| syndicalism | (noun) a radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions | - |
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| teetotalism | (noun) abstaining from alcohol | Synonyms: teetotaling |
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| televangelism | (noun) evangelism at a distance by the use of television | - |
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| thromboembolism | (noun) occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus | - |
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| totalism | (noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: absolutism, totalitarianism |
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| traditionalism | (noun) adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters) | - |
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| (noun) strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings | Synonyms: traditionality |
| (noun) the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions | - |
| transcendentalism | (noun) any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material | Synonyms: transcendental philosophy |
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| transsexualism | (noun) condition in which a person identifies with a gender different from his or her physical gender | - |
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| tribalism | (noun) the beliefs of a tribal society | - |
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| (noun) the state of living together in tribes | - |
| ultranationalism | (noun) fanatical patriotism | Synonyms: chauvinism, jingoism, superpatriotism |
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| unilateralism | (noun) the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations | - |
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| universalism | (noun) the theological doctrine that all people will eventually be saved | - |
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| unrealism | (noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | Synonyms: abstractionism |
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| vandalism | (noun) willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others | Synonyms: hooliganism, malicious mischief |
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| verbalism | (noun) the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions | Synonyms: expression, verbal expression |
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| (noun) overabundance of words | Synonyms: verbiage |
| virilism | (noun) the development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy) | - |
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| vitalism | (noun) (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry | - |
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| vocalism | (noun) the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract | Synonyms: phonation, vocalisation, vocalization, voice, vox |
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| (noun) the system of vowels used in a particular language | Synonyms: vowel system |
| workaholism | (noun) compulsiveness about working | - |
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| zoophilism | (noun) a sexual attraction to animals | Synonyms: zoophilia |
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