puristpur‧ist /ˈpjʊərɪst $ ˈpjʊr-/ noun [countable] - Baseball purists would be against reducing the number of games.
- Even baseball purists appear to be accepting that, if grudgingly.
- If Joan was an abstract purist, other young artists were turning toward Bad Painting and cartoon art.
- If the purists object to removing a slate roof and replacing it, then tough.
- In the past, to the horror of soccer purists, broadcasters have cut away from live action for commercial breaks.
- It is music for the coach trade, at which only the most high-minded purist is likely to take offence.
- They enjoyed sophisticated pleasures, less constrained than elsewhere, which seemed to purists appallingly perverse.
- Thirdly, it was an answer to the jazz purists.
► The purists The purists won’t like it, but opera on TV certainly brings in the audiences. ► purist views Architects with purist views were suspicious of his work. nounpurificationpuristpurity ≠ impuritypurifieradjectivepure ≠ impureverbpurifyadverbpurely