purism

English

Etymology

From French purisme

Noun

purism (countable and uncountable, plural purisms)

  1. An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
  2. (uncountable) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things, especially of language.
  3. (countable) An example of purist language etc.

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Further reading
  • purism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • purism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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