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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A termination of adjectives (and in the plural of nouns from adjectives) formed from nouns in -ist, and having reference to such nouns, or to associated nouns in -ism, as in deistic, theistic, euphuistic, euphemistic, puristic, linguistic, subjectivistic, objectivistic, etc. In nouns it has usually a plural form, as in
linguistics .
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UFC on Versus Preview: Cheick Kongo Seeks Return to Relevance Against Paul Buentello UFC Will Not Provide Live Counter Against April Strikeforce Event Shinya Aoki Sees Strikeforce Title Fight With Gilbert Melendez in Nationalistic Terms Renato 'Babalu' Sobral, Gegard Mousasi and Sokoudjou Set to Compete on DREAM's Light Heavyweight Grand Prix
Bloody Elbow Leland Roling 2010
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MMA Nation Interview Recap: Evgeni Kogan Talks Fedor Emelianenko and M-1 Global's Goals Shinya Aoki Sees Strikeforce Title Fight With Gilbert Melendez in Nationalistic Terms Matt Lindland, Tyron Woodley and Kerry Vera added to Strikeforce Challengers 8 on May 21
Bloody Elbow Scott Haber 2010
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Shinya Aoki Sees Strikeforce Title Fight With Gilbert Melendez in Nationalistic Terms
Bloody Elbow MMASuPreMaCy 2010
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UFC on Versus Preview: Cheick Kongo Seeks Return to Relevance Against Paul Buentello UFC Will Not Provide Live Counter Against April Strikeforce Event Shinya Aoki Sees Strikeforce Title Fight With Gilbert Melendez in Nationalistic Terms Renato 'Babalu' Sobral, Gegard Mousasi and Sokoudjou Set to Compete on DREAM's Light Heavyweight Grand Prix
Bloody Elbow Scott Haber 2010
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My question is: Reflecting upon all the Post Secrets you've received, and the contents therein, what would you say is the underlying - yet unifying - character (istic) of humankind?
Post Secret: New Book Interview with Frank Warren » E-Mail 2009
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My question is: Reflecting upon all the Post Secrets you've received, and the contents therein, what would you say is the underlying - yet unifying - character (istic) of humankind?
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I think you have to be real istic about where we sit in the food chain and that may happen, but I'm not particularly concerned about it.
Biogen Chief Has a Treatment Plan Thomas Gryta 2011
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Direct 2.0 or anything else will suffer the same predicament until someone comes back to Earth and get going on the work to establish a real (istic) cost/schedule.
Ares Troubles Widen Gap, Raise Costs, Threaten Jobs - NASA Watch 2009
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And there's much more, farther, rounder, comprehensive-istic Hudson -- who consults with global heads-of-state such as Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (Malaysia) -- where that came from:
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It does seem to me that the credibilty of claims to moral (istic) supremacy on the part of the Right is declining fast, if people are thinking at all.
Poll: Rudy Leading GOP Rivals Among Conservatives, Evangelicals 2009
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