The purists won’t like it, but opera on TV certainly brings in the audiences.puristpur‧ist /ˈpjʊərɪst $ ˈpjʊr-/ noun [countable] 
The purists won’t like it, but opera on TV certainly brings in the audiences. Architects with purist views were suspicious of his work.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Baseball purists would be against reducing the number of games.
- Even baseball purists appear to be accepting that, if grudgingly.
- If Joan was an abstract purist, other young artists were turning toward Bad Painting and cartoon art.
- If the purists object to removing a slate roof and replacing it, then tough.
- In the past, to the horror of soccer purists, broadcasters have cut away from live action for commercial breaks.
- It is music for the coach trade, at which only the most high-minded purist is likely to take offence.
- They enjoyed sophisticated pleasures, less constrained than elsewhere, which seemed to purists appallingly perverse.
- Thirdly, it was an answer to the jazz purists.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The purists won’t like it, but opera on TV certainly brings in the audiences. Architects with purist views were suspicious of his work.
The purists won’t like it, but opera on TV certainly brings in the audiences. Architects with purist views were suspicious of his work.WORD FAMILYnounpurificationpuristpurity ≠ impuritypurifieradjectivepure ≠ impureverbpurifyadverbpurely
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.