Word: shysterism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: shy
ster
ism
Definition: The behavior and activities of shysters; a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
Morphemes:
Affix: shyster
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: Scheißer
Language: de
Decoded: Scheisser
Meaning: incompetent worthless person
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.