-cism

English

Etymology

Extracted from iotacism.

Suffix

-cism

  1. Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:
    1. Excessive usage of the phoneme.
    2. A sound change towards the phoneme.
    3. The retention of a phoneme when related varieties lose it.
    4. A speech disorder marked by either excessive or defective use of the phoneme.

Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -cism
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