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

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Also,about the same time it became common to destignate all such coinages as "isms".terms formed by adding the suffix-ism to a root word in order to expand its meaning to encompass a related systems,theory,or practice.

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The suffix -ism to a word is to encompass a related system, theory, or practice.

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