purist

• Personne qui, notamment en matière de langue ou de style, exige le respect strict des règles ou des formes traditionnelles, sans tolérer les écarts ou les innovations.

A noun referring to a person who insists on strict adherence to traditional rules or structures, especially in language or style.

1. Stickler for correctnessC1formal

   A person who insists on strict adherence to traditional rules or structures, especially in language or art.

   puriste

   • The grammar purist corrected every minor mistake in the essay.
   • Purists argue that modern slang is ruining the language.
   • He is a purist when it comes to classical music performance.

   Synonymespedantperfectioniststicklertraditionalist

   Antonymesinnovatorliberalmodernistrevisionist