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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ism \Ism\, n. [See ism, above.]
   A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.
   --E. Everett.
   [1913 Webster]

         The world grew light-headed, and forth came a spawn of
         isms which no man can number.            --S. G.
                                                  Goodrich.
   Ismaelian

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

-ism \-ism\ [F. -isme, or L. -ismus, Gr. ?.]
   A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act
   or a process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory,
   doctrine, idiom, etc.); as, baptism, galvanism, organism,
   hypnotism, socialism, sensualism, Anglicism.
   [1913 Webster]

3. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

ISM
       Industrial, Science, Medical [ = 2,4 GHz ] (WLAN)

4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

ISM
       InterSystems M (MUMPS, InterSytems)

5. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

ISM
       Intel Server Management (Intel)

Thesaurus Results for -ism:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Weltanschauung, adherents, articles of religion, catechism, church, class, communion, confession, credenda, credo, creed, cult, cultism, denomination, disciples, doctrinal statement, faith, followers, formulated belief, gospel, ideology, mystique, order, persuasion, political faith, political philosophy, religion, school, sect, system of belief, world view

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