-ISTIC Definition & Meaning

-istic

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

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
communistic
impressionistic

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of -istic¹

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of -istic¹

from Latin -isticus, from Greek istikos

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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.

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

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

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

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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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