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say it: KAT-uh-kiz-uhm
catechism is a noun meaning "a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views". It is pronounced /ˈkætəˌkɪzəm/ — KAT-uh-kiz-uhm. It carries 2 recorded senses.
a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views
politics
an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for catechism come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.