the practices or principles of Orangemen, esp Protestant supremacy in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, or Canada
Orangeism in American English
(ˈɔrɪnˌdʒɪzəm, ˈɑr-)
noun
the principles and practices of the Orangemen
Derived forms
Orangeist
noun
Word origin
[1815–25; orange + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: coupon, diorama, reamer, treadmill, welterweight-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)