0 a set of beliefs, especially ones that you disapprove of:
1 used to form nouns that refer to social, political, or religious beliefs, studies, or ways of behaving:
This new research frames the dilemma in terms of finding the right ratio between such "isms" to bring about their coexistence.
By definition, as one of the ' isms ', feminism has an ambiguous position in academic research.
It consists of f our subscales: psychotic ism, extraversion, neurotic ism, and lie, each of which contains 12 items.
As other "isms" have shown, adding another word to the blacklist of politically incorrect usage, important though that is, does not automatically change mindsets and policies, or improve people's lives.
