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Purist Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ist

Purist has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)

2

An advocate of purism.

Adjective
1

Of or pertaining to purism.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pedant
Rhyming Words
ist nist kist uist hist bist dist list jist wist mist sist iist cist rist gist fist trist feist boist
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