Imagine for a moment that you reject any and all Isms — TheMadFool
What happens if we now say no to Nihilism too? — TheMadFool
Here’s a short list of some common isms that we see in society every day.
political isms
cultural isms
social justice isms
systemic isms
philosophical isms
These main categories are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to philosophy words ending in ism, and by no means are these all the isms in the world.
An -ism:
a distinctive doctrine, cause, theory or religion
manner of action or behavior characteristic of a (specified) person or thing
prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a (specified) attritube
adherence to a system or a class of principles
...so you are an ismist. You espouse ismism. — Banno
For example, one can be a Jungian and that is not an ism. — Jack Cummins
It is possible to reject most isms. — Cuthbert
"ism" is just a bit of language, a suffix, which people associate with dogma. But really, from fascism or pacifism, it's a diverse world despite those three letters. — Tom Storm
[ :smile: Yes, I know what you mean in that context, but looking further...]self-negating. — Banno
Self negation simply means doing away with those categories that limit ourselves and others from our full potential, that hinder us more than they assist our understanding.
Self negation cannot be an individual act. White people cannot escape from ‘whiteness’ by simply acting in a way they perceive as being contrary to this identity. Rather, they must work to alter the relationship between themselves and non-whites; and this necessarily means fundamentally altering the society we live in.
....Let us work to negate the present society and with it those aspects of ourselves poisoned by it.
Our teeth continue to rot as if nothing happened.What happens if we now say no to Nihilism too? — TheMadFool
Isms are paradigms appropriate within their worlds or fields...
There will always be those who wish to reify them, render them overarching, though. The troubled search for a theory of everything! TOEism... — Janus
Like a butterfly collection but with thoughts being held down by the pin. — Valentinus
The first recorded usage of the suffix ism as a separate word in its own right was in 1680. By the nineteenth century it was being used by Thomas Carlyle to signify a pre-packaged ideology. It was later used in this sense by such writers as Julian Huxley and George Bernard Shaw.
In the United States of the mid-nineteenth century, the phrase "the isms" was used as a collective derogatory term to lump together the radical social reform movements of the day (such as slavery abolitionism, feminism, alcohol prohibitionism, Fourierism, pacifism, Technoism, early socialism, etc.) and various spiritual or religious movements considered non-mainstream by the standards of the time (such as Transcendentalism, spiritualism or "spirit rapping", Mormonism, the Oneida movement often accused of "free love", etc.).
Southerners often prided themselves on the American South being free from all of these pernicious "Isms" (except for alcohol temperance campaigning, which was compatible with a traditional Protestant focus on individual morality). — wiki
Not all isms end with “ism” — khaled
To reject all isms is another ism. “Rejectism” let’s call it. — khaled
Rejectism is the act of people not passing the ball to you in any form of sport with a ball when you are clearly open and asking for the ball.
It is mainly used by people who are not big participaters in sport and when they actually feel like doing something no one passes them the ball
Non e' possibile :wink:Don't think in english. — Nzomigni
To reject all isms is another ism. “Rejectism” let’s call it. — khaled
Is this an American specialism ? — Amity
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