aspheterism

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-, the alpha privative, a suffix forming words having a sense opposite to the word or stem to which it is attached) + σφέτερος (sphéteros, “theirs, their own”) (from σφεῖς (spheîs, “they; themselves”) + -τερος (-teros, suffix forming adjectives expressing some notion of contrast)) +‎ -ism, influenced by σφετερισμός (spheterismós, “usurpation”). The word was coined by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) in a 1794 letter to fellow poet Robert Southey (1774–1843). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əsˈfɛtəˌɹɪz(ə)m/ (General American) IPA(key): /æsˈfɛtəˌɹɪz(ə)m/ Rhymes: -ɪzəm Hyphenation: as‧phe‧ter‧i‧sm === Noun === aspheterism (uncountable) (dated, rare) The view that all property should be in common ownership and that no individual should benefit from private possession. [from 1794] Synonym: communism ==== Derived terms ==== aspheterist aspheterize ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Marxism === References === === Further reading === Marxism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === empathisers