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purist:
(plural: ‘purists‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘pur’ rhyme with the letters ‘pur’ in “pure”)
a ballet purist demanding his dancer to be perfect in every movement
a person who likes to be perfect or who likes to follow traditions, especially in the use of language;
a person who expects everyone to observe correctness, especially in the use of words; a perfectionist; a pedant,
a language purist, Martin Warriner, New Zealand
e.g.
Like most other purists, my English teacher too worries about the language being polluted.
When Rita learned that her boyfriend is a purist, she just broke off with him, saying that she couldn’t be a purist herself and couldn’t stand anyone who liked to be a purist, either!
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