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Shakerism

American  
[shey-kuh-riz-uhm] / ˈʃeɪ kəˌrɪz əm /

noun

  1. the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.


Etymology

Origin of Shakerism

1800–10, Shaker + -ism

Example Sentences

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Amanda Seyfried stars as real life figure Ann Lee, the leader of an 18th Century religious movement known as Shakerism.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Shakerism is about gender equality, empathy and social unity.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

Though her quilt-patch separates have a handmade aesthetic quality that recalls Shaker clothes of the past, it is the philosophy behind them that is more directly drawn from Shakerism.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2022

“The appeal of Shakerism is not an easy sell,” said Brother Arnold Hadd, 65, one of two practicing congregants at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester, Maine.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2022

These experiments, we have seen, were echoes of Shakerism, growing fainter and fainter, as the time-distance increased.

From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey