-ism, -ismus


teleseism, teleseismic
An earthquake that occurs in a part of the world far away from a recording station.
tellurism (s) (noun)
2. The alleged influence of soil emanations in producing disease.


4. Etymology: from Latin tellus, "earth; earthy" + -ism, "suffix for forming nouns."
Meaningless words uttered by an insane or delirious patient.
1. In medicine, an anomaly of formation or development; the condition of a monster.
2. The worship of monstrosities; such as, the Egyptian goddess Hathor (represented as a woman's body with a cow's head), Bubashtis (as a woman with the head of a cat or lioness), and Thoth (who had the body of a man and the head of an ibis).
1. A social system that gives authority and influence in a state to the landowners.
2. A system of church government based on primacy of civil power.
terrorism (s) (noun), terrorisms (pl)
A systematic use of violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, usually for political or ideological reasons.
Characterized by displaying four different forms.
tetratheism (s) (noun)
A religious belief that in the Godhead there are, in addition to the Divine Essence, three other persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and so making in the Godhead three and one instead of three in one.
thaumaturgism (s) (noun), thaumaturgisms (pl)
1. The performance of miracles or magic.
2. The act, or art, of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.
theism (s) (noun), theisms (pl)
1. Belief that one God created and rules humans and the world, not necessarily accompanied by belief in divine revelation such as through the Bible.
2. Belief in the existence of a god or gods.
Erection of the nipples.
theologism (s) (noun), theologisms (pl)
1. The action or product of religion; a religious speculation or system; usually in a derogatory sense.
2. A view point that other disciplines; such as, philosophy or science, are inferior to the study of religion.
theopantism (s) (noun), theopanthisms (pl)
The doctrine that God is all that exists.
theopsychism (s) (noun), theopsychisms (pl)
Ascription (declaration) of a divine nature to the soul: "Theopsychism involves the belief that a person's soul has a divine or Godly nature."