n. [ Cf. F. anarchisme. ] The doctrine or practice of anarchists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; government. ] Opposition to government in general. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. catechismus, fr. Gr. See Catechise. ] 1. A form of instruction by means of questions and answers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A book containing a summary of principles, especially of religious doctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jews, even till this day, have their catechisms. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Larger Catechism,
The Shorter Catechism. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechetical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eunuchismus an unmanning, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. eunuchisme eunuchism. ] The state of being eunuch. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ 277), n. }[ Cf. F. fétichisme. ] [ Written also feticism. ] 1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration. [ 1913 Webster ]

The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. Tylor.

n. A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to the French language. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles or authority of a hierarchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more dominant hierarchism of the West. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles of the high-church party. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles of the low-church party. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A strong, and by some considered exaggerated, sense of manly pride, associated with an attitude that the proper expression of masculinity includes virility, courage, and an entitlement to dominate, especially over women. [ PJC ]

2. An exaggerated sense of power entitling one to dominate others; as, the civilian authorities occasionally need to rein in the military's machismo. [ PJC ]

n. The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that the mind can not have knowledge of anything external to itself except in its relation to God. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. monachisme. ] The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles of, or preference for, monarchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_; soul. ] The doctrine that there is but one immortal soul or intellect with which all men are endowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pan-; Psychic. ] The theory that all nature is psychical or has a psychical aspect; the theory that every particle of matter has a psychical character or aspect. -- Pan*psy"chic a. -- Pan*psy"chist n. -- Pan`psy*chis"tic a.

Fechner affords a conspicuous instance of the idealistic tendency to mysterize nature in his panpsychicism, or that form of noumenal idealism which holds that the universe is a vast communion of spirits, souls of men, of animals, of plants, of earth and other planets, of the sun, all embraced as different members in the soul of the world. Encyc. Brit. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. psychisme. ] (Philos.) The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally diffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations. Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Psycho- + Gr. &unr_; to spend all night long; pa^s, pa^n, all + &unr_; night. ] (Theol.) The doctrine that the soul falls asleep at death, and does not wake until the resurrection of the body. -- Psy`cho*pan"ny*chism n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ OE. scisme, OF. cisme, scisme, F. schisme, L. schisma, Gr. schi`sma, fr. schi`zein to split; akin to L. scindere, Skr. chid, and prob. to E. shed, v.t. (which see); cf. Rescind, Schedule, Zest. ] Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

Set bounds to our passions by reason, to our errors by truth, and to our schisms by charity. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Greek schism (Eccl.), the separation of the Greek and Roman churches. --
Great schism, or
Western schism (Eccl.) a schism in the Roman church in the latter part of the 14th century, on account of rival claimants to the papal throne. --
Schism act (Law), an act of the English Parliament requiring all teachers to conform to the Established Church, -- passed in 1714, repealed in 1719. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a split, separation, Gr. schi`sma: cf. F. schisma. See Schism. ] (Anc. Mus.) An interval equal to half a comma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. schismaticus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. schismatique. ] Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who creates or takes part in schism; one who separates from an established church or religious communion on account of a difference of opinion. “They were popularly classed together as canting schismatics.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Heretic; partisan. See Heretic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Schismatic. -- Schis*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Schis*mat"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Schismatized p. pr. & vb. n. Schismatizing ] [ Cf. F. schismatiser. ] To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from schism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ty`chh fortune, chance + -ism. ] Any theory which conceives chance as an objective reality; esp., a theory of evolution which considers that variation may be purely fortuitous. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]