-itarian

Morpheme

-itarian

Type

suffix

Denotation

agent suffix denoting a believer, advocate, or habitant

Etymology

(1) clip of authoritarian and/or (2) -ity + -arian

Evidence

demitarian, fungitarian, humanitarian, humanitarianism, nuditarian, totalitarian, totalitarianism

Notes

unanalyzable, variation of -arian

See Also

-arian