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Words ending in RISM

There are 87 words ending in RISM in the standard word-game list. The most common are terrorism, tourism, prism, plagiarism, barbarism, consumerism.

Most common, with meanings

Word	Meaning	Points
terrorism	the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that…	11
tourism	the business of providing services to tourists	9
prism	a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms	9
plagiarism	a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work	15
barbarism	a brutal barbarous savage act	15
consumerism	the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial	17
counterterrorism	a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism	20
adventurism	recklessness in politics or foreign affairs	17
algorism	the Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration	11
amateurism	the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money	14
aneurism	a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the…	10
anthropocentrism	an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values	25
aphorism	a short pithy instructive saying	15
asterism	(mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or…	10
behaviorism	an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior	21
boosterism	Promotion of a city, organisation, etc. in order to improve public opinion.	14
careerism	the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity	13
cavalierism	The practice or principles of cavaliers.	18
centrism	a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of…	12
charism	A power or authority, generally of a spiritual nature, believed to be a freely given gift by the Grace of God.	14
chimerism	The property of being a genetic chimera.	18
chrism	a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam	13
colorism	Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the…	12
diastereoisomerism	Any form of stereoisomerism other than enantiomerism	23
dimerism	The property of being dimerous.	13
doctrinairism	Doctrinaire attitudes generally	18
ecotourism	tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature	14
egocentrism	concern for your own interests and welfare	16
epicurism	the disposition and habits of an epicure	15
erythrism	Abnormal red colouration.	17
ethnocentrism	belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group	20
euhemerism	The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical people and events.	17
futurism	an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age	13
gangsterism	The behavior of a gangster; organized crime.	15
hipsterism	Hipness	17
hucksterism	The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.	22
hyperpituitarism	excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to…	28
hypocorism	a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix)	22
hypopituitarism	A decrease in secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland.	27
incendiarism	malicious burning to destroy property	17
insularism	the state of being isolated or detached	12
isomerism	the state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers	13
lathyrism	A neurological disease of humans and domestic animals, caused by eating certain legumes of the genus…	17
lyrism	The act of playing on a lyre or harp.	11
mannerism	an art style in late 16th century Europe characterized by spatial incongruity and excessive elongation of…	13
meliorism	the belief that the world can be made better by human effort	13
mesmerism	the act of inducing hypnosis	15
metamerism	The segmentation of the body into similar discrete units.	16
militarism	a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared…	14
monetarism	an economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by…	14
naturism	going without clothes as a social practice	10
nephrism	The symptoms of kidney disease.	15
particularism	a focus on something particular	19
pauperism	a state of extreme poverty or destitution	15
pleinairism	The practice of painting outdoors, in the open.	15
polycentrism	A political or cultural system which contains many different centres, especially centres of authority or…	21
polymerism	The state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances.	19
porism	A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate…	10
purism	scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)	10
rigorism	Strictness (in interpreting or enforcing a rule)	11

All 87 words

terrorism
tourism
prism
plagiarism
barbarism
consumerism
counterterrorism
adventurism
algorism
amateurism
aneurism
anthropocentrism
antimilitarism
antiterrorism
aphorism
asterism
behaviorism
boosterism
boyarism
careerism
cavalierism
centrism
charism
chimaerism
chimerism
chrism
colorism
czarism
diastereoisomerism
dimerism
doctrinairism
ecotourism
egocentrism
epicurism
erythrism
ethnocentrism
euhemerism
futurism
gangsterism
grangerism
hipsterism
hucksterism
hyperpituitarism
hypocorism
hypopituitarism
incendiarism
insularism
isomerism
kaiserism
lathyrism
lyrism
mannerism
meliorism
mesmerism
metamerism
microprism
militarism
monetarism
naturism
nephrism
ogrism
particularism
pauperism
pleinairism
polycentrism
polymerism
porism
purism
rigorism
secularism
solarism
solidarism
spoonerism
stereoisomerism
tautomerism
tenebrism
theocentrism
tsarism
tzarism
vampirism
verism
vernacularism
voluntarism
volunteerism
voyeurism
vulgarism
welfarism