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I tend to think of -ism as more than just prejudice: it's prejudice supported by institutional systems. Hating Virgos is not "Virgo-ism" or "astrolgism," because there's no societal support for discrimination based on zodiac sign.
Isms, to me, are also not aimed at a particular category, but at "not like me" or "not like the majority/right category." So my hypothetical astrologism wouldn't be "anti-Virgo," but "anti-everything-but-Leo and Aries," maybe.
Faithism isn't anti-semitism or anti-catholicism or anti-paganism... it's prejudice against any religion that's not the mainstream-majority one. -Isms exist by lumping together all categories other than the "right" one, and by refusing to address the diversity of human experiences. (Or sentient experiences, I suppose, in the case of nonhumans.)
-Isms are a binary arrangement: they divide the world into "Privileged Category X" and "everyone else, who is lesser."
But I'm not trying to push these terms as "the proper ones to use," just offer some vocabulary for consideration.
Isms, to me, are also not aimed at a particular category, but at "not like me" or "not like the majority/right category." So my hypothetical astrologism wouldn't be "anti-Virgo," but "anti-everything-but-Leo and Aries," maybe.
Faithism isn't anti-semitism or anti-catholicism or anti-paganism... it's prejudice against any religion that's not the mainstream-majority one. -Isms exist by lumping together all categories other than the "right" one, and by refusing to address the diversity of human experiences. (Or sentient experiences, I suppose, in the case of nonhumans.)
-Isms are a binary arrangement: they divide the world into "Privileged Category X" and "everyone else, who is lesser."
But I'm not trying to push these terms as "the proper ones to use," just offer some vocabulary for consideration.