-istic
a suffix of adjectives (and in the plural, of nouns from adjectives) formed from nouns ending in -ist and having reference to such nouns, or to -ssociated nouns in -ism (deistic; euphuistic; puristic). in nouns, it usually has a plural form (linguistics).
-istic
suffix
equivalent to a combination of -ist and -ic but in some words having a less specific or literal application and sometimes a mildly pejorative force, as compared with corresponding adjectives ending in -ist communistic, impressionistic
word origin
-istic
adj. suffix, from l. -isticus (often via fr. -istique), from gk. -istikos, which is adj. suffix -ikos added to n. suffix -istes (see -ist).
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- -istical
a combination of -istic and -al1 .
- -istics
a combination of -ist and -ics.
- -ite
a suffix of nouns denoting especially persons -ssociated with a place, tribe, leader, doctrine, system, etc. (campbellite; israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, especially salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body […]
- -itic
a combination of -ite1. and -ic, used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ite: semitic.
- -ition
a compound suffix of nouns, being -tion with a preceding original or formative vowel, or, in other words, a combination of -ite2. and -ion: expedition; extradition.