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    [Noun]  | "pur*ist" | \ ˈpyu̇r-ist \


    1: 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


    Origin: 1699 ;

    [Noun]  | "purist" 


    1: a person who has very strong ideas about what is correct or acceptable and who usually opposes changes to traditional methods and practices;


      * e.g., " ...  a new style of play that offended the sport's purists "





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