me-ism
/ˈmiːɪz(ə)m/(also meism)
noun
1Usually depreciative. A personal religion or creed, frequently incorporating beliefs or practices from various other sources.
2Self-interest, egocentrism.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in The Telegraph. From me + -ism.
- double-jointedness
- double-knit
- double knitting
- double lock
- double meaning
- double napoleon
- double negation
- double negative
- doubleness
- double obelisk
- double obelus
- double or quits (double or nothing)
- double-park
- double play
- double plugger
- Ticonderoga
- tic-tac
- tic-tac-toe
- t.i.d.
- tidal
- tidal basin
- tidal bore
- tidal farm
- tidally
- tidal wave