purists

plural of purist
as in fanatics
a person who has very strong ideas about what is correct or acceptable and who usually opposes changes to traditional methods and practices a new style of play that offended the sport's purists a language purist who is always looking to correct the speech of others

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Recent Examples of purists Some purists will disagree, though, at this point, these sets sound almost identical to an analog counterpart despite coming in a much more compact and convenient package. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024 This means that some liberals are no longer climate purists and some conservatives are no longer climate skeptics. Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

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“Purists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purists. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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