purist (noun)

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• purist — noun the quilting purist doesn t want to hear the words sewing machine Syn: pedant, perfectionist, formalist, literalist, stickler, traditionalist, doctrinaire, quibbler, dogmatist; informal nitpicker …   Thesaurus of popular words

• purist — noun (C) someone who has very strong ideas about what is correct, for example in matters of grammar, art, or music: The purists won t like it but opera on TV certainly brings in the audiences. purism noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• purist — noun Date: circa 1706 a person who adheres strictly and often excessively to a tradition; especially one preoccupied with the purity of a language and its protection from the use of foreign or altered forms • puristic adjective • puristically… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• purist — UK [ˈpjʊərɪst] / US [ˈpjʊrɪst] noun [countable] Word forms purist : singular purist plural purists someone who wants people to be correct, and to follow rules carefully, especially in language and the arts This wasn t a Beethoven performance for… …   English dictionary

• purist — pur|ist [ pjurıst ] noun count someone who wants people to be correct, and to follow rules carefully, especially in language and the arts: This wasn t a Beethoven performance for any kind of purist. ╾ pur|ism noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• purist — 1. adjective Of or pertaining to purism 2. noun An advocate of purism …   Wiktionary

• purist — [ˈpjʊərɪst] noun [C] someone who wants people to follow rules carefully …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• purism — noun 1》 scrupulous observance of traditional rules or structures, especially in language or style. 2》 (Purism) an early 20th century artistic style and movement rejecting cubism and emphasizing purity of geometric form and the representation of… …   English new terms dictionary

• purism — /ˈpjurɪzəm / (say pyoohrizuhm) noun 1. scrupulous or excessive observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc. 2. an instance of this. 3. a theory and practice in art, originated in 1918, which reduces all natural appearances to a… …  

• purism — noun a) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things, especially of language b) An example of purist language etc …   Wiktionary

• precisian — noun /pɹɪˈsɪʒ(ə)n/ a) A religious purist; a Puritan. Her speech was hardly more grating upon him, precisian though he was, than the careless, untutored lapses of a child might have been; all the senses of comparison as readily ignored them. b)… …   Wiktionary