后綴-ism,-asm含義、詞源和詞例
漢：名詞后綴ism 來(lái)源于希臘語(yǔ)，意為"belief,speech,condition,state,act"。
英：suffix forming nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine, from French -isme or directly from Latin -isma, -ismus, from Greek -isma, from stem of verbs in -izein. Used as an independent word, chiefly disparagingly, from 1670s.
一.表示“...主義”
1.hedonism
n.belief that pleasure is the chief good 享樂(lè)主義 *hedon(=pleasure)
例句：The hedonism of our materialistic society will prove to be its downfall someday.物質(zhì)社會(huì)的享樂(lè)主義終有一天會(huì)走向滅亡。
2.jingoism
n.excessive patriotism 沙文主義；侵略主義
例句：Iran's government knows it must abandon the jingoism of the past before it can be accepted into the world community again.伊朗政府很清楚，要想看新被國(guó)際社會(huì)所接受，就必須放棄沙文主義。
3.nihilism
n.the belief that there is no meaning or purpose in existence;anarchism 虛無(wú)主義；無(wú)政府主義 *nihil(=nothing)
例句：The cult was founded upon principles of nihilism.這個(gè)教派建立在虛無(wú)主義的理論之上。
4.totalitarianism
n. a political system in which only one political party and on rival loyalties are permitted 極權(quán)主義 *tot (=whole)
例句：Cuba's totalitarianism will have to give way to democracy before the U.S. can even consider lifting its sanctions against the communist nation.在美國(guó)考慮解除對(duì)古巴這一共產(chǎn)主義國(guó)家的制裁之前，古巴的極
權(quán)主義將不得不讓位于民主主義。
二.表示宗教
buddhism n. 佛教 (buddha = 佛) ；Islamism 伊斯蘭教 ; Lamaism 喇嘛教; Hinduism 印度教 ; Catholicism 天主教 ; quietism 寂靜教；Judaism 猶太教;
三：表示語(yǔ)言、語(yǔ)風(fēng)
1.colloquialism
n. colloquial word or phrase 口語(yǔ)體；口語(yǔ)用語(yǔ) *col<com(=together),loqu(=say)
例句：Do you have a book on Chinese colloquialisms for students studying Mandarin?你適合學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)普通話的中文口語(yǔ)用語(yǔ)書(shū)嗎？
2.aphorism 格言；箴言；警言
3.archaism 古語(yǔ)，土語(yǔ)
4.euphemism 婉言，婉詞
四.表示風(fēng)格，特征
Asiaticism 亞洲風(fēng)格；Germanism 德意志風(fēng)格；orientalism 東方風(fēng)格；Slavism 斯拉夫族風(fēng)格；Grecism 希臘風(fēng)格；occidentalism 西文人特征
五.表示行為、現(xiàn)象