Definitions
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- suffix as an adjective From, related to, or like.
- suffix as a noun One from, belonging to, relating to, or like.
- suffix as a noun Having a certain profession. (When males with a profession are distinguished from females, males are -ian, females -ienne.)
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think it may be Hal Draper who pointed out that -ist is usually attached by their followers to the most prominent proponent of a particular political position after their death to avoid the adulation thang, -ite is more usually attached by those who disagree, -ian is used as an academic suffix.
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They explore very Star Trek -ian technologies that may soon put us in the position to deliberately and consciously intervene in the natural course of evolutionary events.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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And if this happens, some very Star Trek -ian things will follow.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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Krauss calculates that Star Trek -ian computers will be 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 a million trillion times faster in the twenty-third century than they are now.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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They explore very Star Trek -ian technologies that may soon put us in the position to deliberately and consciously intervene in the natural course of evolutionary events.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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And if this happens, some very Star Trek -ian things will follow.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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They explore very Star Trek -ian technologies that may soon put us in the position to deliberately and consciously intervene in the natural course of evolutionary events.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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And if this happens, some very Star Trek -ian things will follow.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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Krauss calculates that Star Trek -ian computers will be 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 a million trillion times faster in the twenty-third century than they are now.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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Krauss calculates that Star Trek -ian computers will be 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 a million trillion times faster in the twenty-third century than they are now.
I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002
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