suffix

• 1Forming personal nouns and related adjectives denoting an adherent of a system of beliefs, principles, etc. expressed by nouns ending in -ism.

  See -ism (sense 2)

  ‘hedonist’

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  • ‘Buddhist’

  1. 1.1Forming nouns and related adjectives denoting a person who subscribes to a prejudice or practices discrimination.
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     • ‘sexist’

• 2Forming nouns denoting a member of a profession or business activity.

  ‘dentist’

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  • ‘dramatist’
  • ‘florist’

  1. 2.1Forming nouns denoting a person who uses a thing.
     ‘motorist’
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     • ‘flutist’
  2. 2.2Forming nouns denoting a person who does something expressed by a verb ending in -ize.
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     • ‘plagiarist’