purist
noun
a person who advocates the strictest application of the principles or standards in any field, or who insists on purity in language, style, etc..
puristical
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a word derived from
purist.
Example Sentences
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So it is with a pietistical and puristical people—they will follow some stupid old bellwether because utterly incapable of independent thought, of individual ratiocination.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by William Cowper Brann
He adopted the puristical formation from the first.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling
