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Definitions of -ist word

suffix -ist -ist is used in place of -ism to form count nouns and adjectives. The nouns refer to people who have particular beliefs. The adjectives describe something related to or based on particular beliefs. 0
suffix -ist -ist is used to form count nouns referring to people who do a particular kind of work. 0
suffix -ist -ist is added to nouns referring to musical instruments, in order to form nouns that refer to people who play these instruments. 0
suffix -ist a person who performs a certain action or is concerned with something specified 0
suffix -ist a person who practises in a specific field 0
suffix -ist a person who advocates a particular doctrine, system, etc, or relating to such a person or the doctrine advocated 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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