ズム

suffix

-ism

Suffix forming nouns meaning a doctrine, movement, or characteristic quality. Attaches to words ending in き, し, り, etc., often in casual or trendy coinages.

See also: イズム

• 最さい近きんの若わか者ものの間あいだでは「自じ分ぶんらしさズム」が流行はやっている。

  Among young people lately, the '-ism' of being oneself is trendy.

• 彼かれの行こう動どうは完かん全ぜんに「マイペースズム」だね。

  His behavior is totally 'my-pace-ism', isn't it.