an ideology expressing belief in the superiority of a certain class within the concept expressed by the root word ((based on a late 20th-century narrowing of the "terms for a doctrine" sense):)
class-names or descriptive terms for doctrines or principles in general
the action, conduct or condition of a class of persons, "behaving like a ---" ((with overtones of the "terms for doctrines" sense below):)
forming the name of a system, school of thought or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder ((when de-capitalized, these overlap with the generic "terms for doctrines" sense below, e.g. Liberalism vs. liberalism):).
forming nouns on action or process or result based on the accompanying verb in -ize
