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purist

 noun
     
pur‧ist [countable]
someone who believes that something should be done in the correct or traditional way, especially in the areas of art, sport, music, and language:
The purists won't like it, but opera on TV certainly brings in the audiences.
Architects with purist views were suspicious of his work.
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