"purist" meaning in English

See purist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more purist [comparative], most purist [superlative]
Etymology: From French puriste, equivalent to pure + -ist. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{bor|en|fr|puriste}} French puriste, {{suf|en|pure|ist}} pure + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} purist (comparative more purist, superlative most purist)
  1. Of or pertaining to purism. Synonyms: puristic Derived forms: purist Greek Translations (pertaining to purism): մաքրամոլական (makʿramolakan) (Armenian), purista (Catalan), puristický (Czech), puristisch (Dutch), puhdasoppinen (Finnish), puristinen (Finnish), puriste (French), purista (Galician), puristisch (German), puristisk (Norwegian), purystyczny (Polish), purista (Portuguese), пури́стский (purístskij) (Russian), purista (Spanish), puristisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-purist-en-adj-bK4N0W3n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 86 14

Noun

Forms: purists [plural]
Etymology: From French puriste, equivalent to pure + -ist. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{bor|en|fr|puriste}} French puriste, {{suf|en|pure|ist}} pure + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} purist (plural purists)
  1. An advocate of purism. Categories (topical): People Translations (advocate of purism): մաքրամոլ (makʿramol) (Armenian), purista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 純粹主義者 (Chinese Mandarin), 纯粹主义者 (chúncuìzhǔyìzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), purista [masculine] (Czech), purist [masculine] (Dutch), puhdasoppinen (Finnish), puristi (Finnish), puriste [feminine, masculine] (French), purista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Purist [masculine] (German), Puristin [feminine] (German), purista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 純粋主義者 (alt: じゅんすいしゅぎしゃ) (Japanese), пурист (purist) (Kazakh), 순수주의자 (sunsujuuija) (alt: 純粹主義者) (Korean), purysta [masculine] (Polish), purista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), пури́ст (puríst) [masculine] (Russian), пури́стка (purístka) [feminine] (Russian), purista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), purist [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-purist-en-noun-wHGp4ixO Disambiguation of People: 16 84

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      "roman": "sunsujuuija",
      "sense": "advocate of purism",
      "word": "순수주의자"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "advocate of purism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "purysta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "advocate of purism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "purista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "puríst",
      "sense": "advocate of purism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пури́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "purístka",
      "sense": "advocate of purism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пури́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "advocate of purism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "purista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "advocate of purism",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "purist"
    }
  ],
  "word": "purist"
}

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