Word "PURISM" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)
Examples:
linguistic purisms

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Scrupulous insistence on traditional rules Premier Sunday 30 May 2021
Modified primus - it'll appeal to traditionalist Irish Times Crosaire 11 Jul 2015
Insistence on traditional correctness
Insistence on traditional correctness
Stickler's belief
Strict linguistic correctness
Aversion to slang, say
Insistence on precise standards
Insistence on chasteness
Aversion to slang, say
Stickler's creed
Strict adherence to rules
Stickler's creed
Insistence on precise standards
Aversion to slang, say
Early 20th-century art movement
William Safire quality
Chaste pursuit
Stickler's creed
Strict use of language, etc.
Observance of correctness
Pedant's thinking
Early 20th-century French art style
Rigid insistence on nicety
Meticulosity.
Insistence on precise usage of language.
Rigid insistence on nicety.
Adherence to nicety in diction.
Rigid nicety in use of words.
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