12-letter words containing isti
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- juristic act — a proceeding designed to have a legal effect
- juristically — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
- kristiansand — a seaport in S Norway.
- kristianstad — a town in S Sweden: founded in 1614 as a Danish fortress, it was finally acquired by Sweden in 1678. Pop: 75 590 (2004 est)
- legitimistic — inclined towards, or relating to, the opinions of legitimists
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- linguistical — (not in technical use) linguistic.
- literalistic — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- logistically — of or relating to logistics.
- meristically — in a meristic manner
- militaristic — a person imbued with militarism.
- minimalistic — Pertaining to minimalism.
- misandristic — Exhibiting misandry; man-hating.
- misogynistic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
- monotheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to monotheism, the doctrine that there is only one God: a monotheistic religion.
- narcissistic — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
- naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- neorealistic — Of or pertaining to neorealism.
- nepotistical — Nepotistic.
- neutralistic — Employing or relating to neutralism.
- nominalistic — (philosophy) Having a nominalist character.
- non-egoistic — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- non-existing — to have actual being; be: The world exists, whether you like it or not.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonresisting — Unresisting; without resistance.
- optimistical — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- papistically — in the manner of the Roman Catholic Church or a Roman Catholic
- patristicism — the study or science of the Fathers
- philistinism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- plagiaristic — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polytheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to polytheism, the doctrine that there is more than one god or many gods: Science thrived in the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece.
- positivistic — the state or quality of being positive; definiteness; assurance.
- pre-existing — to exist beforehand.
- recidivistic — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- repristinate — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
- sadistically — pertaining to or characterized by sadism; deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty: a sadistic psychopath.
- sensualistic — of or pertaining to the philosophical position of sensualism
- solidaristic — relating to solidarism
- sophisticate — a sophisticated person.
- specialistic — pertaining to or characteristic of specialists or specialism.
- sphragistics — the scientific study of seals or signet rings.
- statistician — an expert in or compiler of statistics.
- surrealistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.
- syncretistic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.