Many Americans insist that immigrants speak English, but wouldn't a true language purist insist on Old English, wynns, thorns, edhs and all?
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Purist
//ˈpjʊəɹɪst//
Synonyms for "purist" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (37)
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3 entriesderived
4 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 20 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- մաքրամոլական adj (pertaining to purism)
- մաքրամոլ noun (advocate of purism)
Catalan
2 entries- purista adj (pertaining to purism)
- purista noun (advocate of purism)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 純粹主義者 /纯粹主义者 noun (advocate of purism)
Czech
2 entries- puristický adj (pertaining to purism)
- purista noun (advocate of purism)
Dutch
2 entries- puristisch adj (pertaining to purism)
- purist noun (advocate of purism)
Finnish
4 entries- puhdasoppinen adj (pertaining to purism)
- puristinen adj (pertaining to purism)
- puhdasoppinen noun (advocate of purism)
- puristi noun (advocate of purism)
French
2 entries- puriste adj (pertaining to purism)
- puriste noun (advocate of purism)
Galician
2 entries- purista adj (pertaining to purism)
- purista noun (advocate of purism)
German
3 entries- puristisch adj (pertaining to purism)
- Purist noun (advocate of purism)
- Puristin noun (advocate of purism)
Hebrew
1 entries- טַהֲרָן noun (advocate of purism)
Italian
1 entries- purista noun (advocate of purism)
Japanese
1 entries- 純粋主義者 noun (advocate of purism)
Kazakh
1 entries- пурист noun (advocate of purism)
Korean
1 entries- 순수주의자 noun (advocate of purism)
Norwegian
1 entries- puristisk adj (pertaining to purism)
Polish
2 entries- purystyczny adj (pertaining to purism)
- purysta noun (advocate of purism)
Portuguese
2 entries- purista adj (pertaining to purism)
- purista noun (advocate of purism)
Russian
3 entries- пури́стский adj (pertaining to purism)
- пури́ст noun (advocate of purism)
- пури́стка noun (advocate of purism)
Spanish
2 entries- purista adj (pertaining to purism)
- purista noun (advocate of purism)
Swedish
3 entries- puristisk adj (pertaining to purism)
- purist noun (advocate of purism)
- renhetsivrare noun (advocate of purism)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I'm a purist.
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He's a language purist.
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Tom is a radical linguistic purist.
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