purism

Meaning

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

Translations

καθαρολογία

الصفوية

purismo

Etymology

From French purisme. By surface analysis, pur(e) + -ism.

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