-philistcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g.
notaphilist n.Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ϕίλος , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕίλος loving, dear (see philo- comb. form) + -ist suffix. Compare -phile comb. form.First attested in the 17th–cent. formation thesmophilist n. and subsequently in a number of 19th– and 20th–cent. formations, mostly fairly rare. Found earliest with first elements of Greek origin, but later with other kinds (e.g. negrophilist n., Dantophilist n. at Dantean adj. Derivatives).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).