Purist, Pragmatist, Iconoclast, Egotist
We would laugh if a person built unflyable aircraft because they weren't aerodynamic purists. We wouldn't call them pragmatists. We would scoff if a person put kool-aid in their gas tank because they were not "fuel purists." We could hardly call them pragmatists. We would ridicule a person who ripped the crotch out of his pajama pants so he could wear it as a business shirt, being a fashion "pragmatist" and not a haberdashery purist. We would not agree that person was being pragmatic. "We don't follow our own system; because we are pragmatists ." It's a funny kind of argument. It's a pretty low threshhold for "purist" to use things as they are intended to be used. Pur-ist: a person who insists on absolute adherence to traditional rules or structures, especially in language or style. It's a pretty cockeyed definition of "pragmatist" to refuse to do things that are easily done and work for most h...