Fine point, but linguistically sound: it should be “voluntarism.”
As opposed to “volunteerism.”
It’s militarism, not militaryism (as an example of similar usage).
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Fine point, but linguistically sound: it should be “voluntarism.”
As opposed to “volunteerism.”
It’s militarism, not militaryism (as an example of similar usage).
Linguistics only follows what people use and accept over time. Voluntaryism (with the Y) has a specific meaning: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntaryism
Without the Y means something else: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntarism
Yeah, I had a long discussion about this on fb recently. I prefer Voluntaryist.
Adding Suffixes
Adding consonant suffixes is easy. Just add them, but if a word ends with a y, you must change y to an i before adding any suffix! Common suffixes include: -ness, -less, -ly, -ful, -hood, -wise, -cess, -ment, -ty, -ry, -ward, -age, -ant, -ance, -al, -ism, -able, -an, -es, -ed, -er, -est, -y, -ist, -ish, -ing, -ar, -on, -ous, -or, -ual, -unt, -um, -us, and -ive.
https://www.headsupdyslexia.com/rules-to-our-language.html
"You must!" sounds pretty strict when in reality language continually adjusts based on common meaning and shared usage. The purpose of language is communication. Using a word that means something other than what you intend because it's more grammatically correct is not good communication.
That said, I appreciate your passion for language. English is weird.
Regardless, it’s a side argument...not to detract from the point/purpose of your post.
The link provided even synonymizes the words. It’s a matter of preference, ultimately. I like “voluntaryist” because it seems to be more precisely (accurately) defined.