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An istism is a use of the 'ist' suffix, when being derrogatory.
If Alice was to say "I hate coloured people", she would be being RACIST, thefore committing an Istism
Istism by ;)Anna August 17, 2008
Pronounced Ee-zaigh-ism, Isaism is similar to worshipping the devil. To be an Isaist means to be a capitalist, traitor and a threat to the Communist State. It was propagated by Raspudas, who from time to time has plagued various individuals and has caused them to do evil.
Do not fall to the depths of Isaism. Rasputin and Judas became history's most infamous isaists after Raspudas corrupted them.
Isaism by billythekoolkid May 14, 2017
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.
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.
ismism by Pimp Triscuit September 14, 2010

Obic-ist-ism

Obicistism occurs when people attempt to slur others with being phobic, sexist or of racism.
Obic-ist-ism being defined as a way liberals attempt to harm persons who do not align with their viewpoints.

In other words, liberals invoke obicistism instead of actually accomplishing anything in congress.
Obic-ist-ism by Josie728 July 19, 2019
The philosophy of poets, and sometimes Ismists.
ismism is ismatic and ismimetic, but not ismimeticism.
Ismism by Sesquipedaliman January 26, 2015
/'istist/ noun, pl. "istists"

A person, who labels people by using one or more words which end with "-ist", e.g. racist, sexist, misogynist, feminist etc. This word describes people most commonly related ideologically to the modern Social Justice Theory, i.e. SJW, but not necessarily. The one thing that describes the istist is the high rate of using the aforementioned "-ist" words, often without comprehending their meaning and, also, their impact upon the target. They sometimes even tend to create new words, in order to find new ways to be offended.
Example: Female SJW Vs. a random man:
SJW: I am a sworn feminist and I believe all men must be killed slowly and violently for being patriarchist scum!
Man: Feminism promotes equality between men and women, not violence and oppression towards men!
SJW: How dare you correct me? You think you are better than me, don't you? You sexist, misogynist pig!
Man: Hey, I have a wife, a daughter and a sister, you idiot! Do some research before using such a dark language!
SJW: Dark language? Oh, so you hate black people, too? You racist piece of s**t!
Man: OK, I've had enough. You know what you are? A goddamn istist. A person who uses all these words without even knowing what they really mean.
*SJW tries to punch Man in the face, Man blocks her*
SJW: Rape! Rape! This rapist tried to assault me!
istist by Zerberos666 December 4, 2019
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