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-istical

-istical suffix: used to form adjectives meaning of or relating to corresponding nouns ending in -istic or -ist; most often redundant with respect to the latter which can also become adjectives through the addition of -ic alone, or with no change to the root noun. Hence, theist, theistic and theistical can all be used as the adjective form of theism.

Suffix

-istical

  1. Used to form adjectives meaning of or relating to corresponding nouns ending in -istic or -ist; most often redundant with respect to the latter which can also become adjectives through the addition of -ic alone, or with no change to the root noun. Hence, theist, theistic and theistical can all be used as the adjective form of theism.

Origin of -istical

Combination of the adjective suffixes -istic (-ist + -ic) and -al.

Words formed from -istical

Questions about -istical

What does -istical mean?
-istical means used to form adjectives meaning of or relating to corresponding nouns ending in -istic or -ist; most often redundant with respect to the latter which can also become adjectives through the addition of -ic alone, or with no change to the root noun. Hence, theist, theistic and theistical can all be used as the adjective form of theism.
What part of speech is -istical?
-istical is a suffix.

Words near -istical in the dictionary

  1. -ismus
  2. -ist
  3. -ista
  4. -istan
  5. -istic
  6. -istical
  7. -istically
  8. -istics
  9. -ists
  10. -isy
  11. -itan

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