Home › Words › G › guillotinismguillotinismguillotinism means the practice of carrying out executions using the guillotine.EtymologyFrom guillotine + -ism.nounThe practice of carrying out executions using the guillotine.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.guillotinement 85% match — An execution by guillotine. vs guillotinism →guillotinist 79% match — An executioner who uses the guillotine. vs guillotinism →guillotinee 68% match — One who is guillotined. vs guillotinism →guillotine 64% match — A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine. vs guillotinism →garrotting 62% match — A murder or execution with a garrotte. vs guillotinism →garotting 56% match — A killing carried out with a garotte. vs guillotinism →gibbetting 56% match — The act by which somebody is gibbeted. vs guillotinism →executionist 55% match — A supporter of executionism. vs guillotinism →