Meaning

1 senses
  1. An 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 sentences
  1. I'm a purist.

    Я пурист. — deniko

    ruЯ пурист. — marafon

    deIch bin Purist. — al_ex_an_der

  2. Tom is a radical linguistic purist.

    deTom ist ein radikaler Sprachpurist. — Adelpa

  3. Some language purists see emojis as a crutch.

  4. Purists must die. Language is not to be kept in the cage of tradition.

    Пуристи мусять вмерти. Мову не можна тримати у клітці традицій. — deniko

    ruПуристы должны умереть. Язык не следует держать в клетке традиции. — Ooneykcall

    deDie Puristen müssen sterben. Die Sprache sollte nicht im Käfig der Tradition gehalten werden. — BraveSentry

  5. He's a language purist.

    deEr ist ein Sprachpurist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
advocate of purism:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
advocate of purism:

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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Forms

plural: purists
Singularpurist
Pluralpurists

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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