principalist

English

Etymology

From principal +‎ -ist.

Noun

principalist (plural principalists)

  1. (politics) A radical conservative.
    • 2009 June 8, Robert F. Worth, “In Iran, Harsh Talk as Election Nears”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      “The principalists have shown to the people what serving the people really means,” he said, using a word he prefers to “fundamentalists.”
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