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
Examples of purist in a Sentence
a purist who only drinks European wines
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However, again, some negative purists in the community will argue that there’s no replacement for brute force horsepower in traditional rendering.
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Dave Altavilla, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The climax of the movie is what Elijah Wald’s book is all about: Bob Dylan’s decision to play an electric set at the 1965 Newport Jazz Festival, a move that horrified the folk purists who’d welcomed him just a few years before.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
The principled purist gallery calls them inconsistent.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
He’s been one of the league’s very best shutdown forwards and for the xG purists, his impact there is second to only Reinhart’s.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Dave Altavilla, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The climax of the movie is what Elijah Wald’s book is all about: Bob Dylan’s decision to play an electric set at the 1965 Newport Jazz Festival, a move that horrified the folk purists who’d welcomed him just a few years before.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
The principled purist gallery calls them inconsistent.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
He’s been one of the league’s very best shutdown forwards and for the xG purists, his impact there is second to only Reinhart’s.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Purist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purist. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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