purist
noun
pur·ist
ˈpyu̇r-ist 
: 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
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a purist who only drinks European wines
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Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
That fight will likely be as epic as the first from a boxing purist’s point of view, and the undercard is chock-full of other fights real fight fans are likely to love as well.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Polling purists understandably object to such surveys as unrepresentative and unreliable.
—W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
Book purists may not find these efforts enough to convince them of the production’s legitimacy.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Purist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purist. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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