Word: environmentalism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: en
vi
ron
men
tal
ism
Definition: A theory that views environment, rather than heredity or culture, as the important factor in the development of an individual or group.
Morphemes:
Affix: environ
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A surrounding area
Etymology Compounds: Affix: en
Language: fro
Decoded: en
Meaning: in
Affix: viron
Language: fro
Decoded: viron
Meaning: a turn
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the name of a system, school of thought or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder ( ).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.