purism

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

Derived terms

• neo-purism
• ultrapurism

Related terms

• purist
• puristic

Translations

insistence on the traditionally correct way

• Catalan: purisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 純粹主義／纯粹主义 (chúncuì zhǔyì), 纯粹主义 (chúncuìzhǔyì)

• Finnish: puhdasoppisuus (fi), purismi, oikeakielisyys (fi)
• French: purisme (fr) m
• Galician: purismo m
• Hungarian: purizmus
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• Italian: purismo (it) m
• Japanese: 純粋主義 (じゅんすいしゅぎ, junsuishugi), ピュリスム (pyurizumu)
• Malay: purisme
• Polish: puryzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: purismo m
• Russian: пури́зм (ru) m (purízm)
• Spanish: purismo (es)

example of purist language

• Finnish: purismi
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• Russian: пури́зм (ru) m (purízm)

Further reading

• “purism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “purism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Primus, primus