Meaning

Forms nouns denoting the condition or state of the root word..

Definitions by Sense

1. Forms nouns denoting the condition or state of the root word.
2. Forms nouns denoting the domain or jurisdiction of the root word.
3. Forms nouns — usually nonce words — denoting the set of all examples of the suffixed word.
4. (fandom slang) Forms nouns denoting the fandom of the suffixed word.
5. (BDSM) Forms uncountable nouns denoting a type of domination.
6. (BDSM) Forms countable nouns denoting a type of dominator.

Example Sentences

boredom, freedom, martyrdom, stardom

Christendom, fiefdom, kingdom, Saxondom

catdom, dogdom, furrydom, gothdom, wingdom

It is only the English language that has let the cabbage down – giving it, quite frankly, the ugliest name in all of veg-dom.

there always seemed to be one outrageous beauty: an angel who would have been forced into indentured topmodeldom had she been found on a Paris bus; or a wavy-lipped, chisel-chinned, almond-eyed boy-warrior out of the Iliad, as beautiful as humans come.

Potterdom, stfdom

Word Forms

• -doms

When Should You Use -dom?

Use -dom when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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