purist
[noun]
Synonyms: stickler, formalist, pedant

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Antonyms: revisionist
Contrasted words: liberal, radical, young Turk
Related Words: Atticist, classicist, bitter-ender, conservative, diehard, Puritan

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pur‧ist /ˈpjʊərəst, ˈpjʊərɪst $ ˈpjʊr-/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: purification, purist, purity ≠ impurity, purifier; verb: purify; adverb: purely; adjective: pure ≠ impure]
someone who believes that something should be done in the correct or traditional way, especially in the areas of art, sport, music, and language:
The purists won’t like it, but opera on TV certainly brings in the audiences.
Architects with purist views were suspicious of his work.

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