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purism

noun

Meaning

  1. An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
  2. An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things.
  3. An example of purist language etc.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

neo-purism(English)puritanism(English)precisionist(English)pur.(English)prudification(English)pure finder(English)persism(English)sumpsimus(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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