Home › Words › Y › yorkismyorkismyorkism means support for the House of York.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, yorkism ranks #14,626 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom York + -ism.nounSupport for the House of York.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.yorkish 86% match — Supporting the House of York. vs yorkism →yorker 52% match — A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease. vs yorkism →orangist 52% match — A supporter of the House of Orange. vs yorkism →napoleonism 51% match — Support for the dynasty of the Napoleons. vs yorkism →guelphism 50% match — The beliefs of the Guelphs (medieval Italian faction that supported the Pope against the Ghibellines and the German emperors). vs yorkism →dreyfusism 50% match — Support for Alfred Dreyfus in the Dreyfus Affair. vs yorkism →cromwellianism 50% match — Support for Oliver Cromwell. vs yorkism →yorkshireism 49% match — A word or phrase characteristic of the speech of Yorkshire, England. vs yorkism →