puristnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpjʊə.rɪst/us/ˈpjʊr.ɪst/someone who believes in and follows very traditional rules or ideas in a subject:
Although purists may object to split infinitives, like "to boldly go", the fact is, they are commonly used.
Purists eat smoked salmon with nothing more than lemon and black pepper.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- anally retentive
- choosy
- dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's idiom
- faddy
- fastidious
- fussbudget
- fusspot
- fussy
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- pedantic
- perfectionism
- perfectionist
- pernickety
- persnickety
- punctilious
- stickler
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purism
noun [ U ] uk/ˈpjʊə.rɪ.zəm/us/ˈpjʊr.ɪ.zəm/