purist
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purist
- /ˈpjʊəɹɪst/ UK
- /ˈpjɔːɹɪst/ UK
- /ˈpjʊɹ.ɪst/ US
- /ˈpjɝ.ɪst/ US
Rhymes with -ʊəɹɪst, -ɔːɹɪst, -ɜːɹɪst
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French puriste. By surface analysis, pur(e) + -ist.
adjective more purist · most purist
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Of or pertaining to purism.
He was the first to play for money, a practice which got him ousted from the purist U.S. Lawn Tennis Association.
Similar: puristic
noun purists
- An advocate of purism. One of the difficulties that plague conversations about industrial music is that the genre has come to include (to the chagrin and outright denial of some purists) anything from gentle synthesized droning to metal-inspired riffage.
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adj pertaining to purism
| Español | purista |
|---|---|
| Português | purista |
| Français | puriste |
| Deutsch | puristisch |
| Русский | пури́стский purístskij |
Talk about this word "purist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/purist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. purist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/purist "purist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/purist.Cite this
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title = {purist},
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