8-letter words that end in ist
- contrist — to make (a person) sad
- creolist — a student of creole languages
- demonist — A believer in, or worshipper of, demons.
- dirigist — Of or pertaining to dirigisme.
- ditheist — One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist.
- docetist — One who believes in docetism.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- druggist — a person who compounds or prepares drugs according to medical prescriptions; apothecary; pharmacist; dispensing chemist.
- duellist — a person who participates in a duel.
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- errorist — One who encourages and propagates error.
- escapist — Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
- essayist — A person who writes essays, especially as a literary genre.
- etherist — a person who administers ether
- ethicist — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).
- eugenist — An advocate or supporter of eugenics. (from 20th c.).
- eulogist — A speaker who delivers a funeral oration (eulogy) for a deceased person.
- euphuist — One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; applied especially to a class of writers, in the age of w Elizabeth I, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
- exorcist — A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
- fabulist — a person who invents or relates fables.
- familist — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- faq list — frequently asked question
- fatalist — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
- feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- fidelist — Castroism.
- figurist — a person who uses figures or numbers
- finalist — a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- flautist — flutist.
- futurist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- garagist — a person who owns a commercial garage
- gaullist — a supporter of the political principles of Charles Charles de Gaulle.
- glossist — (obsolete) A writer of glosses, or comments.
- greylist — to hold (someone) in suspicion, without actually excluding him or her from a particular activity
- groupist — a follower of a group
- handlist — a list, as of the contents of a collection, containing few details
- hebraist — a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- hedonist — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hit list — a list of persons singled out as targets for murder.
- hobbyist — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- homilist — a person who writes or delivers homilies.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hylicist — a philosopher specializing in matter
- hypocist — a type of juice derived from the fruit of a plant which grows from the Cistus shrub
- idealist — a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist. Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- idyllist — a writer of idylls.
- innatist — (philosophy) A supporter of innatism.
- intimist — of or relating to the recording of intimate personal and psychological experiences as a basis for art, literature, etc.: an intimist novel.
- islamist — Muslim traditionalist