-philismcomb. form

Primary stress is usually attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g.
demophilism n.Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: -phile comb. form, -ist suffix.
Etymology: < -phile comb. form + -ist suffix, probably after -philist comb. form.Formations are found from the early 19th cent., usually on the model of earlier words in -philist comb. form or -phile comb. form, and were especially common in the last third of the 19th cent. Their first elements are either of Greek origin or represent ethnonyms (e.g. Slavophilism n.).
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