Specialism and expertism, the accompaniments of professionalism, are always relatedto the structures of institutional power
expertism in American English
(ˈekspərˌtɪzəm)
noun
expertness or skill, esp. in a specific field
Word origin
[1885–90; expert + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, reactor, retread, toner, twofer-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)