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What does the suffix -ism mean in the word capitalism?

What does the suffix -ism mean in the word capitalism?-example-1
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countable] a distinctive belief, theory, system, or practice; anything that could be referred to by a word with the suffix -ism:capitalism, socialism, and other isms.

The answer is system
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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.

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