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.”