PURIST Antonyms

• corrupted by contact or association

• rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution

• someone who selects according to the eclectic method

• selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

• a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests

• combined with extraneous elements

• (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene

• having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws

• tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

• showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

• having political or social views favoring reform and progress

• given or giving freely

• not literal

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

• not conforming to or in accord with tradition

• ready to entertain new ideas

• not conforming to accepted rules or standards

• not conventional or conformist

• not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention