Associations to the word «Purist»

Wiktionary

PURIST, adjective. Of or pertaining to purism
PURIST, noun. An advocate of purism

Dictionary definition

PURIST, noun. Someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky