how to pronounce purist

/ˈpjʊɹɪst/

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purist is pronounced in two syllables

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pjʊɹɪst

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An example use of purist in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… because I'm a purist I built my lot …”

meanings of purist

adjective:

  1. Of or pertaining to purism.

noun:

  1. An advocate of purism.

purist frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word purist occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics purist can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that purist can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) people, society, and culture;

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