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purism
(encz) | purism,purismus n: Zdeněk Brož |
Purism
(gcide) | Purism \Pur"ism\, n. [Cf. F. purisme.]
Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice,
especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to
purity. "His political purism." --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
The English language, however, . . . had even already
become too thoroughly and essentially a mixed tongue
for his doctrine of purism to be admitted to the
letter. --Craik.
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purism
(wn) | purism
n 1: scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or
correctness (especially in language); "linguistic purisms" |
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purismus
(czen) | purismus,purismn: Zdeněk Brož |
Purism
(gcide) | Purism \Pur"ism\, n. [Cf. F. purisme.]
Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice,
especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to
purity. "His political purism." --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
The English language, however, . . . had even already
become too thoroughly and essentially a mixed tongue
for his doctrine of purism to be admitted to the
letter. --Craik.
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