suffix
[Language: Old French;Origin: -iste, from Latin -ista, -istes, from Greek -istes, from verbs ending in -izein; -IZE]
[in nouns]
someone who believes in a particular religion or set of principles or ideas
　a Buddhist
　an atheist
　a Scottish Nationalist
[in adjectives]
relating to or showing a particular political or religious belief
　her socialist views
　rightist parties (=political parties withright-wing opinions)
[in nouns]
someone who studies a particular subject, plays a particular instrument, or does a particular type of work
　a linguist (=someone who studies or learns languages)
　a novelist (=someone who writesnovels)
　a guitarist (=someone who plays theguitar)
　a machinist (=someone who operates a machine)
→-ologist
[in adjectives]
treating people unfairly because of something
　a very sexist remark (=making unfair differences between men and women)
[in nouns]
someone who treats people unfairly because of something
　They're a bunch of racists.