Purest or purest is the superlative ( most ) form of "pure", meaning uncontaminated or unadulterated; unmixed with any other substance, literally or figuratively--
The purest gold is called 24 karat gold.
Even the purest drinking water contains some foreign matter or particles.
Purist or purist ( almost rhymes with purest ) means a person who is a stickler for a set of rules or guidelines, or for the standards by which a particular genre or work of art should be judged--
He is a purist in the matter of abstract art; he believes it is a fraud if it represents anything physical.
He is a purist concerning old movies, and becomes annoyed if they are edited or colorized.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"Only a purist would insist on the purest reading of the script, with no alterations of any kind."
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