Why is it der Satanist?

Satanist ends in -ist, and nouns ending in -ist are masculine: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ist
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Satanism supporter

[1] Anhänger des Satanismus

Examples

[1] Satanists pray to the devil

[1] Satanisten beten zum Teufel.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Satanist die Satanisten
Genitiv des Satanisten der Satanisten
Dativ dem Satanisten den Satanisten
Akkusativ den Satanisten die Satanisten

Pronunciation

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