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purism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | insistence, insisting |
| Derivation | purist |
linguistic purisms.
Examples of purism
purism
That purism and innocence, he insists, has stayed with the band since Day One.
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The strongest impact of purism in Tamil has been on words taken from Sanskrit.
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The Palace of Charles V in Granada is uniquely important for its Italianate purism.
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Disagreements followed, with Colyer's New Orleans purism provoking a break.
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Lu Yu's purism did not extend to the addition of salt which he condoned.
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However, purism does appear in many attempts to reclaim sleeping tongues.
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During the standardisation process, the purism gains momentum after which it slows down.
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This is a good example of linguistic purism in this ancient language.
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There is also another meaning for purism, namely linguistic purism.
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- Scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language); "linguistic purisms"
- Purism, referring to the arts, was a movement that took place between 1918u20131925 that influenced French painting and architecture. Purism was led by Amu00E9du00E9e Ozenfant and Charles Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier). Ozenfant and Le Corbusier created a variation of Cubist movement and called it Purism.
- An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things, especially of language; An example of purist language etc
- (puristic) of, or relating to purism or purists
