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statist

UK /ˈsteɪtɪst/noun, adjective

statist is spelled S-T-A-T-I-S-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, statist means “A supporter of statism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of statist is statists.

How many letters and syllables are in statist?

Letters7: S-T-A-T-I-S-T
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is statist?

Statist appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce statist?

  • UK /ˈsteɪtɪst/

Statist has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of statist

  • statists plural
  • more statist comparative
  • most statist superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does statist mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A supporter of statism.

  2. 2

    datedA statistician.

  3. 3

    archaicA skilled politician or one with political power, knowledge or influence.

adjective

  1. 1

    Pertaining to statism.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Statist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchétatiste (supporter of statism)
GermanEtatist, Etatistin (supporter of statism), etatistisch (related to statism)
Spanishestadista (archaic: a skilled politician)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does statist come from?

From state + -ist.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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