21
perfectionist(noun, stickler)
10
pedant(noun, intellectual)
6
pietist(noun, impiety)
6
prude
5
canter
5
hypocrite
5
pedagogue(noun, intellectual)
4
Pharisee
4
bluestocking(noun, intellectual)
4
dissembler
4
doctrinaire(noun, intellectual)
4
methodologist
4
precisian(noun, impiety)
4
purist
3
disciplinarian(noun, person)
3
formalistic
3
prig
3
religionist
3
scholar
2
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