purism
Meanings
noun
- An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
- The desire to use words and forms derived from what is considered the native element in a given language instead of elements considered borrowed or foreign.
- An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things.
- An example of purist language etc.
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Etymology
From French purisme. By surface analysis, pur(e) + -ism.
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