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-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 associated nouns in
-ism (
deistic; euphuistic; puristic). In nouns, it usually has a plural form (
linguistics). Cf.
-ist, -ic, -ics.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.