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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Purism (0.00898 detik)
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English → English (gcide) 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]
English → English (gcide) 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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