individualism vs ism

individualism and ism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
individualism	Yes	No	No	No
ism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ism is a hypernym of individualism; that is, ism is a word with a broader meaning than individualism:

individualism: the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
ism: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Other hypernyms of individualism include doctrine, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought.

individualism (noun)	ism (noun)
the quality of being individual	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence