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-istic

  1. 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 ending in -ism ( deistic; euphuistic; puristic ). In nouns, it usually has a plural form ( linguistics ).


-istic

suffix forming adjectives

  1. 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

    impressionistic

    communistic

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -istic1

< Latin -isticus < Greek -istikos; in some words, replacing -istique < French < Latin, as above
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -istic1

from Latin -isticus, from Greek istikos
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Example Sentences

The following is the longest fragment from the poem:— Istic est is Jupiter quem dico, quem Graeci vocant A�rem: qui ventus est et nubes; imber postea Atque ex imbre frigus: ventus post fit, a�r denuo, Haece propter Jupiter sunt ista quae dico tibi, Quoniam mortalis atque urbes beluasque omnis juvat26.

Quippe istic ramo qui jam tibi nutat ab alto, Mox e divina Vite racemus erit.

This is where the “sense of possibilities” comes in, he says; they have not yet tempered their ideal­istic visions of what awaits.

Often as not, the brilliant Technicolor is deliberately anti-natural istic.

Above the tombs of the emperors one may read the following Latin inscription: "Filius hic—Pater Hic—Avus Hic—Proavus jacet istic—Hic proavi conjux—Hic Henrici Senioris."

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