־יזם

Internationalism; ultimately from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ-izm/

־ִיזְם • (-ízm)

1. -ism: A suffix forming abstract nouns describing a condition or doctrine.

   Synonyms: ־ִיּוּת, ־וּת

   ‎נָאצִי (nátsi, “Nazi”) → ‎נָאצִיזְם (natsízm, “Nazism”)

   ‎סְקֶפְּטִי (sképti, “skeptical”) → ‎סְקֶפְּטִיצִיזְם (skeptitsízm, “skepticism”)

   ‎אוֹפְּטִימִי (optími, “optimistic”) → ‎אוֹפְּטִימִיזְם (optimízm, “optimism”)

• Klein, Ernest (1987), “◌ִיזְם”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 257

Ultimately from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós); some words with this suffix show influence from English -ism or French -isme.

־יזם • (-izm) m

1. -ism (denotes an ideology or belief system)

• ־יסט (-ist)