bruxism

brux·ism

noun \ˈbrək-ˌsi-zəm\

Definition of BRUXISM

: the habit of unconsciously gritting or grinding the teeth especially in situations of stress or during sleep

Origin of BRUXISM

irregular from Greek brychein to gnash the teeth + English -ism

First Known Use: 1932

Rhymes with BRUXISM

abysm, ageism, autism, baalism, baptism, Birchism, bossism, Buddhism, casteism, centrism, charism, Chartism, classism, cubism, cultism, czarism, deism, dwarfism, faddism, fauvism, Gaullism, Grecism, Hobbism, holism, Jainism, Klanism, leftism, lyrism, Mahdism, Maoism, Marxism, monism, mutism, Nazism, nudism, Orphism, priggism, purism, Ramism, rightism, sadism, Saivism, sapphism, Scotism, sexism, Shaktism, Shiism, Sikhism, simplism, snobbism, sophism, statism, Sufism, tachism, Tantrism, Taoism, theism, Thomism, tourism, tropism, truism, Turkism, verism, Whiggism, Yahwism