-ist

Origin

From Old French -iste and Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής.

Full definition of -ist

Suffix

1. Added to words to form nouns denoting:
1. a person with a particular creative or academic role;artist, one who makes artviolinist, one who plays a violinbotanist, one who studies plantspsychiatrist, one who practices psychiatry
2. one who proscribes to a particular theological doctrine or religious denomination;Calvinist, Baptist, deistNote, these are related to -isms: Calvinism, deism
3. one who owns or manages something;capitalist; industrialistNote, these are related to -isms: capitalism; industrialism
4. one who has a certain political tendency;Marxist, fascist, pacifist, activist, environmentalist, feministNote, these are related to -isms: Marxism, fascism, pacifism'
5. a person who holds bigoted, partial views.sexist, racistNote, these are related to -isms: sexism, racism

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