malism

malism

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-?
Proto-Italic *malos
Latin malus
Latin maleder.
Old French mal-
English mal-
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English malism

    From mal- + -ism.

    Noun

    malism (uncountable)

    1. The belief that the world is inherently evil.
      Antonym: bonism
      • 1895, Lionel Arthur Tollemache, Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol, page 91:
        Jowett's optimism verges on pessimism, or, let us say, his bonism verges on malism.

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