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(pjʊərɪst)
Word forms: plural purists
1. countable noun
A purist is a person who wants something to be totally correct or unchanged, especially something they know a lot about.
The purists would prefer we played on grass, no matter the weather.
Synonyms: stickler, traditionalist, perfectionist, classicist More Synonyms of purist
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Purist attitudes are the kind of attitudes that purists have.
Britain wanted a 'more purist' approach.

Examples of 'purist' in a sentence
purist

This should please purists and provide some continuity between the old and the new.
Christianity Today (2000)
These are two very different things, the purists say.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
No matter what purists say, the original car was a brute.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Still, you can see why some folk purists continue to have their doubts.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There will be purists who say that rural walks are about terrain and vistas, birdsong and tranquillity.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Some recipes call for cheese and eggs, but purists would say it should only be made with potatoes and cream.
The Sun (2014)
 Folk purists needn't be alarmed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Hold on, purists will say, sponsoring news programmes fatally undermines their editorial integrity.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Then again, there aren't that many purists left in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It may not please the purists but, paradoxically, it will open up litigation to those who could not otherwise afford it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They are just two of the many comments that have made him a symbol of all that has gone wrong with the French language, purists say.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
purist

British English: purist NOUN
A purist is a person who wants something to be totally correct or unchanged, especially something they know a lot about.
Purists say the language is under threat.
  • American English: purist
  • Brazilian Portuguese: purista
  • Chinese: 纯粹主义者
  • European Spanish: purista
  • French: puriste
  • German: Purist
  • Italian: purista
  • Japanese: 純粋主義者
  • Korean: 순수주의자
  • European Portuguese: purista
  • Latin American Spanish: purista
British English: purist ADJECTIVE
Purist attitudes are the kind of attitudes that purists have.
Britain wanted a 'more purist' approach.
  • American English: purist
  • Brazilian Portuguese: purista
  • Chinese: 纯粹主义的
  • European Spanish: purista
  • French: puriste
  • German: puristisch
  • Italian: purista
  • Japanese: 純粋主義者の
  • Korean: 순수주의자의
  • European Portuguese: purista
  • Latin American Spanish: purista

(noun) 
Purists say the language is under threat.
Synonyms
stickler
I'm a bit of a stickler for accuracy.
traditionalist
perfectionist
the perfectionist's eye for detail
classicist
pedant
We thought him a pedant and a bore.
formalist
literalist
precisian

Additional synonyms

in the sense of pedant
Definition
a person who is concerned chiefly with insignificant detail or who relies too much on academic learning
We thought him a pedant and a bore.
Synonyms
hairsplitter,
quibbler,
doctrinaire,
literalist,
sophist,
nit-picker (informal),
dogmatist,
casuist,
pettifogger,
precisian
in the sense of perfectionist
the perfectionist's eye for detail
Synonyms
stickler,
purist,
formalist,
precisionist,
precisian

Synonyms of 'purist'

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