| 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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| syllogism | (noun) deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises | - |
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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 | - |
| synchronism | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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| syncretism | (noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections) | - |
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| (noun) the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) | - |
| 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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| synergism | (noun) the theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace | - |
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| (noun) the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | Synonyms: synergy |
| synthetism | (noun) a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas | - |
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| systematism | (noun) the habitual practice of systematization and classification | - |
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| tarantism | (noun) a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider | - |
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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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| terrorism | (noun) the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear | Synonyms: act of terrorism, terrorist act |
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| theanthropism | (noun) (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine | - |
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| (noun) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits | Synonyms: anthropomorphism |
| theism | (noun) the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods | - |
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| theocentrism | (noun) the belief that God is the central aspect to our existence. | - |
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| theosophism | (noun) belief in theosophy | - |
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| theoterrorism | (noun) terrorism for a religious purpose | - |
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| thermotropism | (noun) an orienting response to warmth | - |
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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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| 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 |
| totemism | (noun) belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem | - |
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| tourism | (noun) the business of providing services to tourists | Synonyms: touristry |
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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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| transvestism | (noun) the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex | Synonyms: cross dressing, transvestitism |
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| transvestitism | (noun) the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex | Synonyms: cross dressing, transvestism |
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| tribadism | (noun) a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse | - |
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| tribalism | (noun) the beliefs of a tribal society | - |
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| (noun) the state of living together in tribes | - |
| trichroism | (noun) pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions | - |
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| tritheism | (noun) (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods | - |
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| trophotropism | (noun) an orienting response to food | - |
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| tropism | (noun) an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source | - |
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| truism | (noun) an obvious truth | - |
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| ultramontanism | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope | - |
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| 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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| unionism | (noun) the system or principles and theory of labor unions | Synonyms: trade unionism |
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| unitarism | (noun) Politics which favors the process of uniting a political entity which consists of smaller regions, either by cancelling the regions completely or by transferring their power to the central government. | - |
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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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| 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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| vampirism | (noun) the actions or practices of a vampire | - |
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| (noun) belief in the existence of vampires | - |
| vandalism | (noun) willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others | Synonyms: hooliganism, malicious mischief |
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| vegetarianism | (noun) a diet excluding all meat and fish | - |
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| ventriloquism | (noun) the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) | Synonyms: ventriloquy |
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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 |
| vigilantism | (noun) the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws | - |
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| 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 |
| volcanism | (noun) the phenomena associated with volcanic activity | - |
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| voodooism | (noun) a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities | Synonyms: hoodooism, vodoun, voodoo |
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| voyeurism | (noun) a perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior | - |
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| vulgarism | (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarity |
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| (noun) an offensive or indecent word or phrase | Synonyms: dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut |
| wellerism | (noun) a comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel | - |
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| witticism | (noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | Synonyms: humor, humour, wit, wittiness |
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| workaholism | (noun) compulsiveness about working | - |
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| zoomorphism | (noun) the attribution of animal forms or qualities to a god | - |
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| zoophilism | (noun) a sexual attraction to animals | Synonyms: zoophilia |
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