Word: Sufism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: su
fism
Definition: A spiritual movement in Islam emphasizing mysticism and asceticism.
Morphemes:
Affix: Sufi
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
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.