イズム

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Japanese

Etymology 1

From English ism.

Pronunciation

Noun

イズム • (izumu) 

  1. an ism
    • 2007, Bunmei Ibuki
      先生(せんせい)が最(もっと)も嫌(きら)われることは、特定(とくてい)のイズムあるいは思想(しそう)を押(お)しつけるということじゃないんでしょうか。
      Sensei ga mottomo kirawareru koto wa, tokutei no izumu aruiha shisō o oshitsukeru toiu koto ja nain deshō ka.
      Am I mistaken to assume what you hate the most is pushing a particular ism or ideology?

Etymology 2

From English -ism.

Suffix

イズム • (-izumu) 

  1. -ism
    • 2009, Hirohisa Fujii
      福田(ふくだ)イズムというのはですよ、よく御承知(ごしょうち)のように、道路(どうろ)ばかり造(つく)るという御意向(ごいこう)じゃないんですよ。
      Fukuda izumu toiu no wa desuyo, yoku goshōchi no yōni, dōro bakari tsukuru toiu goikō janain desu yo.
      Fukuda-ism is, as you are well aware, not all about ordering to build roads.

Synonyms

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