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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FOISM

From Mandarin Chinese foBuddha.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FOISM

Foism  [ˈfəʊˌɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Foism in the English dictionary

The definition of Foism in the dictionary is Chinese Buddhism, the version introduced from India from the 4th century ad onwards and essentially belonging to the Mahayana school.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOISM


altruism
ˈæltruːˌɪzəm
atheism
ˈeɪθɪˌɪzəm
dichroism
ˈdaɪkrəʊˌɪzəm
echoism
ˈɛkəʊˌɪzəm
egoism
ˈiːɡəʊˌɪzəm
heroism
ˈhɛrəʊˌɪzəm
hidalgoism
hɪˈdælɡəʊˌɪzəm
Hindooism
ˈhɪndʊˌɪzəm
Hinduism
ˈhɪndʊˌɪzəm
Judaism
ˈdʒuːdeɪˌɪzəm
locoism
ˈləʊkəʊˌɪzəm
Lysenkoism
lɪˈsɛŋkəʊˌɪzəm
machoism
ˈmætʃəʊˌɪzəm
pleochroism
plɪˈɒkrəʊˌɪzəm
Ramboism
ˈræmbəʊˌɪzəm
Titoism
ˈtiːtəʊˌɪzəm
tribadism
ˈtrɪbədˌɪzəm
trichroism
ˈtraɪkrəʊˌɪzəm
vampirism
ˈvæmpaɪərˌɪzəm
xanthochroism
zænˈθɒkrəʊˌɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOISM

FOI
foible
foie gras
foil
foilable
foilborne
foilsman
foilsmen
foilswoman
foilswomen
foin
foiningly
foison
foisonless
foist
foister
Fokine
Fokker

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOISM

albinoism
Averroism
Castroism
dodoism
epizoism
hoboism
hoodooism
hylozoism
Maoism
me-tooism
Moism
Negroism
panegoism
polychroism
Shintoism
Taoism
voodooism
yahooism
zoism

Synonyms and antonyms of Foism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Foism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOISM

Find out the translation of Foism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Foism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Foism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Foism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Foism
570 millions of speakers

English

Foism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Foism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Foism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Foism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Foism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Foism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Foism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Foism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Foism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Foism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Foism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Foism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Foism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Foism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Foism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Foism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Foism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Foism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Foism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Foism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Foism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Foism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Foism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Foism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Foism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOISM»

The term «Foism» is used very little and occupies the 160.973 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Foism
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Foism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Foism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Foism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOISM»

Discover the use of Foism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Foism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Philosophical dissertations on the Egyptians and Chinese
The Chinese, prior to the introduction of Foism, had indeed other monks, who followed the ancient sect of Immortals : they are mentioned by Herodotus as well as Plato, in whose time they were scattered in the north of. Greece, and thence ...
Cornelius Pauw, 1795
2
Issues in Robotics and Automation: 2013 Edition
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Institute of Technology, “This paper presents a novel flux observer, fractional order integral sliding-mode (FOISM) flux observer, to estimate the d- and q-axis fluxes in the ...
‎2013
3
Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
aromatic root: 7 ginseng artichoke: 6 crosne 7 cnorogi, crosnes 8 knotroot assembly: 3 hui bamboo: 7whongee boat: 4 junk 6 sampan boat-dweller: 3 Tan 5 Tanka bow: 6 kowtow Buddha: 2 Fo Buddhism: 5 Foism cabbage: 6 pechay 7 pakchoi ...
‎1995
4
A Study of Lexical Borrowing from Chinese Into English with ...
A third religion in China which is known to the west is Buddhism, or Foism. Fo derives from the Chinese word W M.[fo] meaning 'Buddha'. Fo does not appear in O.E.D. but is defined in Random House as 'from Chinese, meaning Buddha.
Mimi Chan, Helen Kwok, 1985
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The European Magazine, and London Review
Mr. Boardman very properly begins by accurately defining the art, and re-} ducing it to its elements, or first prinCiples; he then proceeds, by regularv steps, from the simple down stroke, to the oval, the serpentine, and the anomalous foism (as Ir, ...
6
The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ
Moreover, the doctrine of Buddha-F0, whose real name was Cakya-Mouni, was written on parchment. Foism began to spread through China about the year 260 B. C.; in 206, an emperor of the Tsine dynasty, who desired to study Buddhism, ...
Nicolas Notovitch, 2010
7
The Christian Examiner and General Review
If Christianity must be considered the true religion, only because it is the established faith, has not Paganism, or Foism, equal claims to reception ? We must solemnly protest against the fashion, which even now continues, of basing our ...
Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, 1841
8
Christian Examiner
If Christianity must be considered the true religion, only because it is the established faith, has not Paganism, or Foism, equal claims to reception ? We must solemnly protest against the fashion, which even now continues, of basing our ...
9
Christ in History; or, The Central Power Among Men
But Confucius himself, or his tablet, and deceased ancestors, are the chief objects of reverence among his followers. The great body of the people, however, including the emperor and court, are Budhists. Foism, another name for Budhism,  ...
Robert Turnbull, 1854
10
Buddhist Art in India
... the so-called Foism, possesses the type, which in its draping, etc., points indirectly back to the Gandhara sculptures. That, notwithstanding, it appears in Lamaist sculptures also, is not denied. Besides we must take into consideration the fact ...
Albert Grünwedel, James Burgess, 1901

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Foism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/foism>. May 2024 ».
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