strictariann.adj.
/strɪkˈtɛːrɪən/ rare.
A. n.
One holding rigidly conformist views.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > strict or rigorous conformity > one who
rigorist1715
precisian1755
strictarian1867
proceduralist1934
1867 F. H. Ludlow Little Brother 125 I believe there are strictarians who think it too gay.
B. adj.
Characteristic of a strictarian.
ΚΠ
1926 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 153/1 I was not churlish enough or strictarian enough to decry that acceptance.
1931 A. L. Rowse Politics & Younger Generation ix. 251 These are points in Marxism, particularly in the orthodox, strictarian interpretation of it, that are open to criticism.
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n.adj.1867