purist
English edit
Etymology edit
From French puriste, equivalent to pure + -ist.
Adjective edit
purist (comparative more purist, superlative most purist)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
pertaining to purism
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Noun edit
purist (plural purists)
- An advocate of purism.
- 2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 38:
- One of the difficulties that plague conversations about industrial music is that the genre has come to include (to the chagrin and outright denial of some purists) anything from gentle synthesized droning to metal-inspired riffage.
Translations edit
advocate of purism
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Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
purist m (plural puristen)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: puris
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French puriste. By surface analysis, pur + -ist.
Noun edit
purist m (plural puriști)
Declension edit
Declension of purist
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) purist | puristul | (niște) puriști | puriștii |
genitive/dative | (unui) purist | puristului | (unor) puriști | puriștilor |
vocative | puristule | puriștilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
- pùrista (Bosnia, Serbia)
Etymology edit
From purìzam.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pùrist m (Cyrillic spelling пу̀рист)
Declension edit
Declension of purist
References edit
- “purist” in Hrvatski jezični portal