Word: navalism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: na
va
li
sm
Definition: naval militarism; a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
Morphemes:
Affix: navy
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nāvigia
Language: la
Decoded: navigia
PoS: Noun
Meaning: vessel, ship, boat
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
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.