源自後綴-ism (“信仰”),特別用於「社會運動」的含意上(19世紀)。對照phobia源自-phobia,sophy源自-sophy,itis源自-itis,以及ana源自-ana。
ism (複數 isms)
- 主義、論說
- 近義詞: whateverism
1843, Thomas Carlyle, 章號 XV, 出自 Past and Present[1], book 2:[…] his religion, his worship was like his daily bread to him; — which he did not take the trouble to talk much about; which he merely ate at stated intervals, and lived and did his work upon! This is Abbot Samson’s Catholicism of the Twelfth Century; — something like the Ism of all true men in all true centuries, I fancy! Alas, compared with any of the Isms current in these poor days, what a thing!- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
1965, Bertram David Wolfe, Marxism, One Hundred Years in the Life of a Doctrine,頁號 357:An ism does not have to possess the fearful implements of state power to cut off a a deviant or heretical member.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
1969, Walter E. Minchinton, Mercantilism; System Or Expediency?,頁號 xi:In his exposition, he has failed to achieve the identification of situation, theory, and policy necessary to create an ism.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
1994, Kenneth Kaye, Workplace Wars and How to End Them,頁號 70:It is important to distinguish between an ism and a mere generalization about group differences. Generalizations that have statistical validity are not isms. An ism assumes that the generalization applies to an individual.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (特指) 歧視的一種形式,例如種族主義或性別歧視等
- "isms" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 173.
繼承自阿拉伯語 اِسْم (ism),繼承自原始閃米特語 *šim-。
借自波斯語 اسم (esm),派生自阿拉伯語 اِسْم (ism).
ism (複數 ismlar)
- 名字
- (語法) 名詞