purism
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- noun
- /ˈpjʊərɪzəm/
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purismo
- The author's commitment to purism in her writing style ensures that she uses only traditional forms and correct grammar.
And I made a distinction between pluralism and purism that seems to capture a lot of what's going on.
- And I made a distinction between pluralism and purism that seems to capture a lot of what's going on.
- The, the purism of that that I think gets lost at some of these huge races like UTMB or Western states.
- Because he, he, it was a kind of purism that I'm writing this prophetic poem, which turns out to be an anti prophetic poem.
Examples
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Purism, which may be described as attitudes characterized by a high level of expectations of, and an acute sensitivity to, variations in the quality of something; in the present case, purism was specifically related to wilderness.
Academic text (1993) -
The scale as a whole appears to have an adequate level of reliability as a measure of a limited range of wilderness purism-oriented attitudes, based on the definition of wilderness used in the U.S. Wilderness Act (1964).
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Based on these tests, it appears that the scale is a sound measure of the degree of purism in attitudes toward wilderness.
Academic text (1993) -
And I made a distinction between pluralism and purism that seems to capture a lot of what's going on.
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Boff notes that such purism does not work in classical areas such as Christology and the Trinity.
Academic text (2005) -
At that time, Tropicalismo rejected the musical purism of protest music and adopted the television spectacle as its medium.
Academic text (2000) -
Young (1983) also observed that the frequency of wilderness use was less associated with purism and more associated with the available time for and ease of wilderness visits.
Academic text (1993) -
They witnessed firsthand the appalling consequences of telling what was private for reasons that far exceed simple cultural purism.
Academic text (1990) -
Wilderness users with high purism scores tended to be most satisfied in a wilderness environment with few other visitors, few facilities, and a minimum of regulations; wilderness users with low purism scores tended to be satisfied in areas with more facilities, more people, and more regulations governing their activities.
Academic text (1993) -
Many critics argue that the movement's focus on purism limits creativity and experimentation in artistic expressions.
Synonyms
A habit of following rules too strictly, often about grammar or accuracy
Antonyms
How Purist
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Etymology
Purism comes from the Latin root purus, which means 'pure' and is the same root as the English word pure, plus the ending -ism which means 'belief or practice'. So purism is the strong belief in keeping things 'pure' or correct, especially in language or style.