statist /ˈsteɪtɪst/noun 3adjective 1forms 3 noun3 •A supporter of statism. •(old-fashioned) A statistician. •(no longer used) A skilled politician or one with political power, knowledge or influence. adjective1 •Pertaining to statism.It was as if the Samizdat spirit, extended and intensified by the proliferation of do-it-yourself media, had rendered the centralised, statist tyrannies of the Soviet Union untenable. — 2006 formsstatists · more statist · most statist