English suffix

-ism

doctrine / -ism

Register

learned

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

N · ADJ

Status

Establisheddraft

oed

Words built with -ism

socialism
doctrine of social equality
social+-ism
nationalism
doctrine of the nation
nation+-ism

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

this affix: -ism

    French

    • -isme
      register-matched functional equivalent

    Hindi

    • -वाद
      functional equivalent; register differs (L vs S)

    Telugu

    Tamil