---

-ismus

---

Read Also:

• -ist

  a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certain principles, doctrines, etc.: apologist; dramatist; machinist; novelist; realist; socialist; thomist. -ist suffix (forming nouns) a person who performs a certain action or is concerned with […]

• -ista

  combining form indicating a supporter or follower of someone or something fashionista, portillista word origin

• -istan

  comb form a suffix forming nouns humorously denoting a fictional place name word origin 1990; modeled on many place names of asian and indian subcontinent

• -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 […]

• -istical

  a combination of -istic and -al1 .

---