Meanings
comparative more purist · superlative most purist
plural purists
- An advocate of purism.
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.
2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 38
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to purism.
Origin
- Frenchpuriste
- Englishpurist
Borrowed from French puriste. By surface analysis, pur(e) + -ist.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan purista, purista
- puristapertaining to purism
- puristaadvocate of purism
Chinese Mandarin 純粹主義者 /纯粹主义者
- 純粹主義者 /纯粹主义者 (chúncuìzhǔyìzhě)advocate of purism
Czech puristický, purista
- puristickýpertaining to purism
- puristaadvocate of purism
Dutch puristisch, purist
- puristischpertaining to purism
- puristadvocate of purism
Finnish puhdasoppinen, puristinen
- puhdasoppinenpertaining to purism
- puristinenpertaining to purism
- puhdasoppinenadvocate of purism
- puristiadvocate of purism
French puriste, puriste
- puristepertaining to purism
- puristeadvocate of purism
German puristisch, Purist
- puristischpertaining to purism
- Puristadvocate of purism
- Puristinadvocate of purism
Hebrew טַהֲרָן
- טַהֲרָן (taharán)advocate of purism
Italian purista
- puristaadvocate of purism
Japanese 純粋主義者
- 純粋主義者advocate of purism
Korean 순수주의자
- 순수주의자 (sunsujuuija)advocate of purism
Norwegian puristisk
- puristiskpertaining to purism
Polish purystyczny, purysta
- purystycznypertaining to purism
- purystaadvocate of purism
Portuguese purista, purista
- puristapertaining to purism
- puristaadvocate of purism
Russian пури́стский, пури́ст
- пури́стский (purístskij)pertaining to purism
- пури́ст (puríst)advocate of purism
- пури́стка (purístka)advocate of purism
Spanish purista, purista
- puristapertaining to purism
- puristaadvocate of purism
Swedish puristisk, purist
- puristiskpertaining to purism
- puristadvocate of purism
- renhetsivrareadvocate of purism
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Cite this entry
purist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purist
“purist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purist.
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