| secessionism | (noun) a doctrine that maintains the right of secession | - |
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| sectarianism | (noun) a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination | Synonyms: denominationalism |
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| segregationism | (noun) a political orientation favoring political or racial segregation | - |
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| separationism | (noun) advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state | Synonyms: separatism |
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| sermonism | (noun) the conceptualism of Abelard. | - |
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| servomechanism | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servo, servosystem |
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| shamanism | (noun) an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans | Synonyms: Asian shamanism |
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| (noun) any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes) | - |
| southernism | (noun) an attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US) | - |
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| (noun) a locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States | - |
| synchronism | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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| totalitarianism | (noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: absolutism, totalism |
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| (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, tyranny |
| ultramontanism | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope | - |
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| unionism | (noun) the system or principles and theory of labor unions | Synonyms: trade unionism |
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| utilitarianism | (noun) doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number | - |
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| valetudinarianism | (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity |
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| vegetarianism | (noun) a diet excluding all meat and fish | - |
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| volcanism | (noun) the phenomena associated with volcanic activity | - |
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