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The English suffix -ism was first used to form a noun of action from a
verb. It is taken from the Greek suffix -ismos that likewise forms
abstract nouns from verbal stems. An example is baptism, from Greek
baptismos "immersion", derived from baptizein, a Greek verb meaning "to
immerse". Its usage was later extended to signify larger organized
systems and concepts - in belief, ideology, doctrine, and ritual
practice.

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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.

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In the present day, it appears in the title of a standard survey of
political thought, Today's ISMS by William Ebenstein, first published in
the 1950s, and now in its 11th edition.

http://dione.no-ip.org/~alexis/rilke/orpheus/
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