-ists

Suffix

-ist (noun-forming suffix, plural -ists)

1. a person who studies or practices a particular discipline;
   • botanist, one who studies plants
2. a person who uses a device of some kind;
   • violinist, one who plays a violin
3. one who engages in a particular type of activity;
   • adventurist, one who takes risks or goes on adventures
4. one who suffers from a specific condition or syndrome
   • autist, egoist
5. one who subscribes to a particular theological doctrine or religious denomination;
   • Buddhist, Baptist, monotheist
6. one who has a certain ideology or set of beliefs;
   • Marxist, modernist, nihilist, existentialist, fascist, pacifist, activist, environmentalist,

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