Statistics for -Istic Vocabulary Words

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Hint	Word	% Correct
Having a talent for painting pictures	Artistic	90%
Of languages	Linguistic	89%
Become irrationally furious	Go {ballistic}	86%
Having a belief in a positive future	Optimistic	81%
Numerical result, usually from a population sample	Statistic	80%
Type of medicine based on natural remedies, eg naturopathy	Holistic	66%
Pleasure-seeking	Hedonistic	65%
Having a belief in accepting things as they are	Realistic	58%
In the style of Monet, Renoir, Degas	Impressionistic	56%
Having a belief in a perfect world	Idealistic	44%
Using a gentle word for a difficult concept, eg "pass away" for "die"	Euphemistic	43%
Devoted to others' welfare	Altruistic	42%
Self-harming	Masochistic	39%
Hostile, oppositional, unfriendly	Antagonistic	31%
Supportive of exclusive control of market commodities	Monopolistic	29%
Acting like a benevolent, maybe controlling, parent towards others	Paternalistic	26%
Showing independence in thought and action	Individualistic	21%
Arrogantly asserting the superiority of your nationality or gender	Chauvinistic	16%
Zealously promoting a cause, often a religion	Evangelistic	10%
Seeking to impose one's values on others	Moralistic	2%