What is the opposite of a purist?

[rug]

[greendog]

1. pollutist?

[NC_Nurse]

2. relativist?

[virgogal]

3. A slut?

[Bonn1997]

4. An anti-purist? Impurist?

[stray cat]

5. Tolerant, open minded, practical, progressive

[CTyankee]

6. Perhaps a "humanist." During the Renaissance in Florence, Italy there was a "humanist"

movement. It did,obviously, try to humanize. I believe it is the basis of Renaissance art or at least the Trecento, Quattrocentro and Cinquecento...

[MisterP]

7. a Quisling? a Tiso? or maybe a full-blown Gabriele d'Annunzio n/t

[Solly Mack]

8. Joe Lieberman? Zell Miller?

I couldn't resist.

[Bonn1997]

12. ROFL!

[Warpy]

9. Realist

Empiricist

OK, wimp.

[DJ13]

10. DLC

Next question.

[QC]

11. A person who has no principles and will gladly gobble up any crumb

his "betters" toss onto the floor for him.

[Sinistrous]

13. Pragmatist.

[Mojambo]

14. Pragmatist. n/t

[Laelth]

15. A pragmatist (or so they might call themselves).

I call them apologists or just, plain corporatists. Sometimes the word "cheerleader" seems appropriate too.

:dem:

-Laelth

[BunkerHill24]

16. The usual suspect, lol

[MineralMan]

17. A lumper.

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. Possessed of a contaminated mind. n/t

[Iggo]

19. An adulteratist. (n/t)

[G_j]

20. an impurist nt

[lunatica]

21. A Republican whoring against his/her own best interest

[KG]

22. a knave.

[G_j]

24. *

* knave
n.
1. An unprincipled, crafty fellow.

[KG]

25. Archaic.

a. a male servant.

[tritsofme]

23. Rahm Emanuel

And I say it in the most flattering way possible, because I really do like the guy.

[Canuckistanian]

26. contaminist?

Adulterateist?