English has approximately 300 words ending in 'ism'. 'Ism' is a Greek suffix, which indicates some theory or state or some act.
The list is here:
300 WORDS ENDING IN 'ISM'
absenteeism , absolutism , activism , adventurism , aestheticism , ageism , agnosticism , alarmism , albinism , alcoholism , altruism , amateurism , anachronism , anachronisms , anarchism , animism , antagonism , antagonisms , anthropomorphism , antiquarianism , aphorism , aphorisms , archaism , archaisms , asceticism , astigmatism , atavism , atheism , athleticism , authoritarianism , autism , automorphism , automorphisms , baptism , barbarism , behaviourism , bilingualism , bipedalism , botulism , brutalism , buddhism , cannibalism , capitalism , careerism , catechism , centralism , chauvinism , chromaticism , classicism , collectivism , colloquialism , colloquialisms , colonialism , commercialism , communism , conformism , conservatism , constitutionalism , constructivism , consumerism , conventionalism , corporatism , creationism , criticism , criticisms , cubism , cynicism , defeatism , deism , descriptivism , despotism , determinism , diabolism , dimorphism , dogmatism , dualism , dynamism , eclecticism , ecumenism , egalitarianism , egoism , egotism , electromagnetism , elitism , embolism , emotionalism , empiricism , endomorphism , endomorphisms , environmentalism , equestrianism , eroticism , escapism , essentialism , euphemism , euphemisms , evangelicalism , evangelism , evolutionism , exhibitionism , existentialism , exorcism , exorcisms , exoticism , expansionism , expressionism , extremism , factionalism , fanaticism , fascism , fatalism , favouritism , federalism , feminism , fetishism , feudalism , formalism , functionalism , fundamentalism , futurism , gangsterism , geomagnetism , giantism , gnosticism , gradualism , heathenism , hedonism , herbalism , heroism , hinduism , holism , homomorphism , homomorphisms , hooliganism , humanism , humanitarianism , hypnotism , idealism , imperialism , impressionism , individualism , industrialism , institutionalism , intellectualism , internationalism , interventionism , isolationism , isomorphism , isomorphisms , jingoism , journalism , judaism , legalism , lesbianism , liberalism , libertarianism , literalism , lyricism , magnetism , mannerism , maoism , marxism , masochism , materialism , mechanism , metabolism , metabolisms , metamorphism , microorganism , militarism , millenarianism , minimalism , modernism , monasticism , monetarism , monotheism , moralism , morphism , morphisms , multiculturalism , multilateralism , mysticism , narcissism , nationalism , naturalism , naziism , nazism , negativism , neologism , neologisms , nepotism , neutralism , nihilism , nudism , obscurantism , obstructionism , occultism , opportunism , optimism , organism , organisms , orientalism , ostracism , pacifism , paganism , pantheism , parallelism , paramagnetism , parasitism , parochialism , particularism , pastoralism , paternalism , patriotism , perfectionism , pessimism , plagiarism , pluralism , pointillism , polymorphism , polymorphisms , polytheism , populism , positivism , postmodernism , pragmatism , prescriptivism , professionalism , protectionism , protestantism , provincialism , puritanism , racialism , racism , radicalism , rationalism , realism , recidivism , reductionism , regionalism , relativism , republicanism , revisionism , revivalism , rheumatism , romanticism , rowdyism , sadism , sadomasochism , satanism , scepticism , schism , scholasticism , sectarianism , secularism , sensationalism , sentimentalism , separatism , sexism , shamanism , simplism , socialism , solecism , solecisms , specialism , specialisms , spiritualism , stoicism , structuralism , subjectivism , supranationalism , surrealism , syllogism , syllogisms , symbolism , syndicalism , synergism , /teetotalism , terrorism , theism , tokenism , totalitarianism , tourism , traditionalism , transvestism , tribalism , triumphalism , truism , unilateralism , unionism , universalism , utilitarianism , vandalism , vegetarianism , ventriloquism , volcanism , voyeurism , vulcanism , witticism , zionism.
I have, in the following quiz incorporated 14 words from the above list.
Fill up the blanks, selecting appropriate words, from the CHOICE BOX.
CHOICE BOX Words: antagonism , asceticism , atheism , communism , conservatism , criticism , despotism , egotism , heroism , journalism , organism , patriotism , plagiarism , sectarianism
SENTENCES
1. Evil is in____with the entire creation- Zschokke . ANSWER.
2. Three forms of____have existed in this weak world . ANSWER.
3. For____is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction- Colton . ANSWER.
4. Boris Yeltsin played a major role in Russia’s economic transition out of____. ANSWER.
5. Reform is affirmative,____is negative; conservatism goes forcomfort, reform for truth- Emerson . ANSWER.
6. Men have commonly more pleasure in the____which hurts, than inthat which is innocuous; and are more tolerant of the severity which breaks hearts and ruins fortunes, than of that which falls impotently on the grave- Ruskin . ANSWER.
7. The____of custom is on the wane; we are not content to know that things are; we ask whether they ought to be- John StuartMill . ANSWER.
8. Foppery is the____of clothes- Victor Hugo . ANSWER.
9. An increase of his sufferings can add to it; if it proves his death, his virtue is at its summit,- it is____complete- Bruyère . ANSWER.
10. Before this century shall run out____will be the whole press . ANSWER.
11. All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every____to live beyond its income(Samuel Butler) . ANSWER.
12. ___ism can lead to fissiparous pressures.ANSWER.
13. In peace____really consists only in this- that every one sweeps before his own door, minds his own business, also learns his own lesson, that it may be well with him in his own house- Goethe . ANSWER.
14. Nothing is sillier than this charge of____. ANSWER.