Word: parallelism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: par
al
lel
ism
Definition: In antitrust law, the practice of competitors of raising prices by roughly the same amount at roughly the same time, without engaging in a formal agreement to do so.
Morphemes:
Affix: parallel
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: parallelus
Language: la
Decoded: parallelus
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: parallel
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.