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  • noun Plural form of purist.

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Examples

  • Where I part company with the ideological purists is that there are not many places that you can elect an open, practicing ideological conservative, especially of the So-Con stripe.

    Democrats declare war on West Virginia. Again. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • We must purge all non purists from the GOP and hold those elected to a stringent standard of hard core conservatism.

    RNC resolution won't 'handcuff' Steele, co-sponsor says 2009

  • They didn't want to go the route of those they dub the "purists," people who stay uncompromisingly true to the original, modest architecture down to its paint colors.

    Midcentury Made Modern Nancy Keates 2012

  • Most Heinlein purists hated the movie version of “Starship Troopers.”

    » Starship Troopers 2: More of the same? heinleinblog 2003

  • Such measures attracted the interest of purists from the Persian Gulf, who helped finance a growing movement of fundamentalists, known in Russia as Wahhabis.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Such measures attracted the interest of purists from the Persian Gulf, who helped finance a growing movement of fundamentalists, known in Russia as Wahhabis.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Jargon purists, who prefer acronyms to Eagles songs, can find particularly rich pickings in the dozens of new rules affecting swaps, futures and options.

    Regulators Serve Up Alphabet Soup Jean Eaglesham 2011

  • Such measures attracted the interest of purists from the Persian Gulf, who helped finance a growing movement of fundamentalists, known in Russia as Wahhabis.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Such measures attracted the interest of purists from the Persian Gulf, who helped finance a growing movement of fundamentalists, known in Russia as Wahhabis.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • This skirmish between what one might simplistically call the purists and the moderates brings to mind similar debates in other contexts, for example, in the performance of classical music.

    Alex Henry: Wine, Music, and the Terroiriste Threat 2009

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