Meaning
1 sensesAn advocate of purism.
Purist, Puristin
пури́стpuríst, пури́сткаpurístka
More definitions
- someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
Examples
9 sentencesI'm a purist.
Я пурист.
ruЯ пурист.
deIch bin Purist.
Tom is a radical linguistic purist.
deTom ist ein radikaler Sprachpurist.
Some language purists see emojis as a crutch.
Purists must die. Language is not to be kept in the cage of tradition.
Пуристи мусять вмерти. Мову не можна тримати у клітці традицій.
ruПуристы должны умереть. Язык не следует держать в клетке традиции.
deDie Puristen müssen sterben. Die Sprache sollte nicht im Käfig der Tradition gehalten werden.
He's a language purist.
deEr ist ein Sprachpurist.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
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Origin
Borrowed from French puriste. By surface analysis, pur(e) + -ist.Borrowed from French puriste. By surface analysis, pur(e) + -ist.
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