Thesaurus: purism

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1. n. Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity.
2. n. scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)
3. 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. 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.
4. 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.The English language, however, . . . had even already become toothoroughly and essentially a mixed tongue for his doctrine of purismto be admitted to the letter. Craik.
5. n:100 n. scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)