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Definition: Purism
Purism
\Pur"ism\, n. [Cf. F. purisme.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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