Word: fakirism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fa
kir
i
sm
Definition: The practices of fakirs; a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
Morphemes:
Affix: fakir
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
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.