Meaning Of The Word -istic
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What's The Definition Of -istic?
-istic in American English
of or relating to an action, practice, doctrine, quality, etc., or to a person involved in or with it suffix: 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 associated nouns in -ism (deistic; euphuistic; puristic). In nouns, it usually has a plural form (linguistics) -istic in British English suffix forming adjectives: 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 |
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