Purist

/ˈpjʊəɹɪst/

Synonyms for "purist" (98 found)

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ass bigot bigoted bitter-ender bluestocking bullethead classicist conservative creedbound die-hard diehard dogmatic dogmatist donkey

Noun(6 words)

canonicalist conservator cultivator doctrinaire doctrinaires donatist

Strong matches (29)

dour evangelical fanatic firm formalist fundamentalist hard hardnose hidebound inexorable inflexible intransigeant intransigent iron ironbound ironclad last-ditcher maverick mulemuscle bound

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obdurate

Noun(7 words)

fundamentalistgrammar puristhardliner jacobinlanguage puristmartinet nitpickers

Adjective(1 words)

literal

Related words (49)

obstinate orthodox pedant perfectionistperverse foolpharisee pigheadplain stylistpositivist precieuse precieux precisian precisionist prig priggish procrustean puristic puritan puritanical relentless

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rigid rigorous rockbound sabbatarian standpat standpatter staunch stickler stiff straightlaced straitlaced strict stubbornstuffed shirtstylist traditionalist unbending uncompromising unrelenting unyielding

Noun(8 words)

pedants prescriptivist preserverpurist?rigorist stickler traditionalist wahhabi

Adjective(1 words)

theoretical mathematics

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More general

7 entries

adherent bookworm conservator ideologue pedant person scholastic

More specific

6 entries

archival puristartistic puristgrammar puristlinguistic puristmusical puristprescriptivist

Collocations

6 entries

cultural puristlanguage puristlinguistic puristpurist approachpurist stancepurist tradition

Inflections

1 entries

purists

Derivations

2 entries

puristic puristically

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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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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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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