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What's the Japanese equivalent of the English conjugation "~ism"? Like in
things like Capitalism, Socialism, Islamism, Catholicism, Liberalism, Atheism,
etc.?
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What's the 日本語 equivalent of "~ism"? (ex. Capitalism, Catholicism, Marxism, etc.)
Doesn't work for all your examples, but would probably be understood. Add
〜主義{しゅぎ} to the end of the word.

  * 資本主義{しほんしゅぎ}: capitalism
  * 社会主義{しゃかいしゅぎ}: socialism
  * イスラム主義{しゅぎ}: Islamism
  * 自由主義{じゆうしゅぎ}: liberalism

But:

  * 無神論{むしんろん} atheism (lit. no god theory/argument)
  * カトリシズム: Catholicism (using the English loan 〜イズム)
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～主義 and ～論 are good candidates.

  * Capitalism -- 資本主義
  * Socialism -- 社会主義
  * Islamism -- イスラム主義
  * Catholicism -- カトリック主義
  * Liberalism -- 自由主義
  * Existentialism -- 実存主義
  * Idealism -- 観念主義
  * Altruism -- 博愛主義
  * Egoism -- 利己主義
  * Atheism -- 無神論
  * Polytheism -- 多神論
  * Relativism -- 相対論
  * Spiritualism -- 唯心論
  * Materialism -- 唯物論
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