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Purist greek

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fornounInitialism of Fellowship of Reconciliation, any of a number of religious nonviolent organizations, particularly in English-speaking countries.
rulenounA regulation, law, guideline.
thornnoun(botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
purismnounAn insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
sticklernounSomeone who insistently advocates for something, especially for strict observance of a formal rule.
correctnessnounFreedom from error.
fusspotnoun(informal) A person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things.
insistverb(sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
martinetnoun(military) A strict disciplinarian.
pedantnounA person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
prignounA deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
puristicalpuristic
rule-mongernounAlternative form of rulemonger. [(derogatory) A stickler for rules.]
absolutistnounOne who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
deterministnounAn advocate of determinism.
doctrinairenounA person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
eclecticnounSelecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
elitistnoun(usually derogatory) Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.
finessenoun(uncountable) Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
formalistnounAn advocate of formalism

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