Purist

Word PURIST
Character 6
Hyphenation pur ist
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Definitions and meanings of "Purist"

What do we mean by purist?

One who practices or urges strict correctness, especially in the use of words. noun

One who aims scrupulously at purity, particularly in the choice of language; one who is a rigorous critic of purity in literary style. noun

One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek. noun

One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language. noun

One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek. noun

Of or pertaining to purism adjective

An advocate of purism noun

Someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) noun

An advocate of purism.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Purist

The word "purist" in example sentences

But there is also the other side - what we might call the purist side - the side that appreciates great clutch plays no matter how foolish it was to punt to DeSean Jackson, he still had to score that touchdown, amazing passes, brilliant pass-rushing schemes and all the rest. ❋ Stephen L. Carter (2010)

Remember, this is the President who's only really lost his temper publicly with people like them - he labeled their positions, which were both more pragmatic and popular than his own, as "purist" - and whose Administration once singled out "the institutional left" for its nastiest attacks. ❋ RJ (2012)

I get called a purist all the time for seeking purity but I do make consessions where I know I must. ❋ Unknown (2010)

How could composing these pieces in advance ever match the spark and true flow of the group's all-live, no-overdub purist improvisational aesthetic? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even more interesting was the fact that I was called a purist! ❋ Redvirginia (2008)

Perhaps I'm just a blinkered "purist," but I've always thought books were published to be read, not to be scrutinized for their marketing devices. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They have decided not to go with the "expand the party, include more people" but rather to run with the "purist" tack – this is why we are seeing the nonsense we are seeing, with the lies and the death panels, and the misinformation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This kind of purist reform may lead to the marginalization of the GOP across america. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You ignore the fact that what happened to the Republicans is likely to happen to us if we continue to insist on "purist" like they did? ❋ Unknown (2010)

As asserted in the movie's very first scene, the fanatical Almoravids were bent on destroying the Muslims who wrote poetry, studied philosophy and developed science and math in order to assert a "purist" form of the Islamic religion. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yes | No | Report from joey wrote 1 year 14 weeks ago tim, i know, that's why i put 'purist' in quotation. there are people out there who think that cone-heads and foam are the norm in trout fishing (that's what the sport has evolved to) who might react negatively to that fly-fishing version of a Rapala. it's all relative. ❋ Tim Romano (2008)

That does not mean being a "purist" or desiring the puppet characters to be drawn from the character model sheets of years past. ❋ Roger Langridge (2008)

A kind of purist-resistant uncomplicatedness that lends itself to adaptation in other media (though I know purists of every stripe are not to be underestimated) ❋ Unknown (2008)

They've got a you know, so there's a certain amount of hypocrisy in this libertarian notion, and in fact, there have been some more kind of purist libertarian thinkers who have attacked the Kochs for exactly this, for kind of disguising their corporate self-interest as a kind of a lofty libertarian philosophy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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