Word: alienism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: al
ien
ism
Definition: A foreignism, a word (or trait, etc) from another language (or country, etc).
Morphemes:
Affix: alien
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: aliēnus
Language: la
Decoded: alienus
Meaning: belonging to someone else, later exotic, foreign
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns indicating a peculiarity or characteristic of language
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.