n. The condition which stems from the attribution of an "-ism" to every concept.
Ismism is commonly seen in academia, where terms such as realism, impressionism, romanticism, formalism, libertarianism, anarchism, naturalism, modernism, postmodernism, etc. are incessantly created and applied to every new situation.
Ismists are too focused on labeling everything to appreciate anything.
Etymology: English suffix -ism, referring to the doctrine or common set of characteristics associated with the root, applied to itself.
Ismism is commonly seen in academia, where terms such as realism, impressionism, romanticism, formalism, libertarianism, anarchism, naturalism, modernism, postmodernism, etc. are incessantly created and applied to every new situation.
Ismists are too focused on labeling everything to appreciate anything.
Etymology: English suffix -ism, referring to the doctrine or common set of characteristics associated with the root, applied to itself.
Our professor wouldn't stop talking about the vague distinction between realism and naturalism. She must be an ismist.
Academia today is rampant with ismism, with too many isms to count.
Academia today is rampant with ismism, with too many isms to count.
by Pimp Triscuit September 14, 2010
by uttam maharjan October 15, 2010
Belief that the doctrines put forth by ALL ism's (e.g. racism, atheism, hedonism) are all the same and true, and, while being individually different from each other, are all false.
by Poppa Woody January 25, 2008
The notion that people in or aiming for positions of power suffix words with 'ism' in order to confuse the public and give the impression that they are in the know and the public aren't.
'Do you think paleoliberalism is superior to Hoxhaism? Oh, you wouldn't understand Eurocommunism. You're probably just an individualist follower of revisionist Zionism.'
'I think you're using ismism to look down on me.'
'Are you really accusing me of feminist egoism?'
'I think you're using ismism to look down on me.'
'Are you really accusing me of feminist egoism?'
by LTHewitt June 26, 2014
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by Lakenz May 3, 2010
by Omar is so hot November 14, 2008