14
perfectionist(noun, adjective, opinion, views, idealist)
13
doctrinaire(noun, adjective, person, precise, intellectual)
12
pedagogue(noun, person, intellectual, affectation, critic)
11
bookworm(noun, scholar, purist, formalist, bookman)
11
formalist(noun, opinion, intellectual, views, pedantic)
9
dogmatist(noun, person, critic, perfectionist, bookworm)
9
methodologist(noun, opinion, intellectual, views, formalist)
9
precisian(noun, opinion, views, pedantic, bookman)
9
prude(noun, person, behavior, affectation)
9
scholastic(noun, adjective, precise, pedantic, bookish)
7
stickler(noun, adjective, opinion, views, idealist)
7
prig(noun, opinion, affectation, views, pedantic)
7
purist(noun, opinion, affectation, views, formalist)
6
bluestocking(noun, opinion, intellectual, views, formalist)
6
precisianist(noun, person, behavior, perfectionist)
5
conformist(noun, person, opinion, views)
5
euphuist(noun, person, behavior, affectation)
5
scholar(noun, opinion, intellectual, views, formalist)
4
mannerist(noun, person, behavior, affectation)
4
precisionist(noun, opinion, views, pedantic)
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