-isation
chiefly british
variant of -ization.
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- -ise
chiefly british. variant of -ize: organise. usage note -ise2 a noun suffix, occurring in loanwords from french, indicating quality, condition, or function: franchise; merchandise. -ise suffix a variant of -ize -ize suffix to cause to become, resemble, or agree with legalize to become; change into crystallize to affect in a specified way; subject to hypnotize […]
- -ish
a suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to” (british; danish; english; spanish); “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (babyish; girlish; mulish); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” (bookish; freakish); “near or about” (fiftyish; sevenish). a suffix used to form adjectives from other adjectives, with the sense […]
- -ism
a suffix appearing in loanwords from greek, where it was used to form action nouns from verbs (baptism); on this model, used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice, state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion or adherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; […]
- -ismus
-ismus suff. spasm; contraction: strabismus.
- -ist
a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certain principles, doctrines, etc.: apologist; dramatist; machinist; novelist; realist; socialist; thomist. -ist suffix (forming nouns) a person who performs a certain action or is concerned with […]