specialism

Other forms of specialism

plural

specialisms·

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.

Questions about specialism

What does specialism mean?

specialism means "the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in specialism?

specialism has 4 syllables: spe-ci-a-lism. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for specialism?

Close synonyms include specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is specialism a common word?

specialism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.