8-Letter Words Ending in SM

There are 145 8-letter words that end in SM. 47 are common words, such as ACTIVISM and ALBINISM. A rarer one is ZOMBIISM. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (139 words). 10 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 145

Common words

activismalbinismaltruismaneurismaneurysmaphorismarchaismbotulismcentrismcronyismcynicismdruidism
activismalbinismaltruismaneurismaneurysmaphorismarchaismbotulismcentrismcronyismcynicismdruidismdwarfismdynamismembolismescapismexorcismfatalismfeminismfuturismhedonismhumanismidealismjingoismlegalismloyalismlyricismneoplasmnepotismnihilismoptimismorganismpacifismpaganismparoxysmphantasmpleonasmpopulismpugilismrightismrowdyismsatanismsolecismstoicismtoadyismtokenismunionismacosmismactinismalarmismalgorismalienismasterismatticismbioplasmcabalismchiliasmclassismdandyismdemonismditheismendemismerethismergotismeuphuismfaradismfinalismfogeyismgiantismhelotismheterismidiotismiotacismlaconismlobbyismlocalismmelanismmonadismmoralismnativismnaturismnomadismopiumismphallismplumbismpriapismprosaismpsychismptyalismquietismrigorismruralismsapphismsavagismsciolismseismismsimplismsinapismsolarismteratismtotemismultraismurbanismveganismvirilismvitalismvocalismvoltaismacrotismallelismalpinismatropismautecismaxoplasmboyarismcasteismcivicismcolorismdimerismdioecismepizoismfairyismfamilismgypsyismluminismmoronismnabobismnephrismobeahismpaeanismpaludismparecismpriggismpygmyismquackismracemismrobotismroyalismsnobbismtitanismtotalismtriadismtroilismyahooismzombiism

About this list

Words
145 (47 common words)
Common example
activism
Rare example
zombiism
Doubled letters
10
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (139)

Questions

How many 8-letter words ending in sm are there?

145. 47 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACTIVISM is among the common words in this set.