"purism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: purisms [plural]
Etymology: From French purisme, equivalent to pure + -ism. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{uder|en|fr|purisme}} French purisme, {{suf|en|pure|ism}} pure + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} purism (countable and uncountable, plural purisms)
  1. An insistence on pure or unmixed forms. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-purism-en-noun-XyIZ2cV9
  2. An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
    (linguistics) 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.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-purism-en-noun-LSWs5LXD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 58 6 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 55 7 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 8 60 15 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 64 14 14 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (uncountable) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things. Tags: uncountable Translations (insistence on the traditionally correct way): نِقَائِيَة (niqāʔiya) [feminine] (Arabic), պուրիզմ (purizm) (Armenian), пуры́зм (purýzm) [masculine] (Belarusian), пури́зъм (purízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), purisme [masculine] (Catalan), 純粹主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 纯粹主义 (chúncuìzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), purisme [neuter] (Dutch), puhdasoppisuus (Finnish), purismi (Finnish), oikeakielisyys (Finnish), purisme [masculine] (French), purismo [masculine] (Galician), Purismus [masculine] (German), purizmus (Hungarian), purismo [masculine] (Italian), 純粋主義 (junsuishugi) (alt: じゅんすいしゅぎ) (Japanese), ピュリスム (pyurizumu) (Japanese), 순수주의 (sunsujuui) (alt: 純粹主義) (Korean), 퓌리슴 (pwiriseum) (Korean), purisme (Malay), puryzm [masculine] (Polish), purismo [masculine] (Portuguese), пури́зм (purízm) [masculine] (Russian), purismo (Spanish), พิสุทธินิยม (pí-sùt-tí-ní-yom) (Thai), пури́зм (purýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-purism-en-noun-sY~QIfTe Disambiguation of 'insistence on the traditionally correct way': 13 13 73 1
  4. (countable) An example of purist language etc. Tags: countable Translations (example of purist language): purismi (Finnish), пури́зм (purízm) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-purism-en-noun-3qXYAut3 Disambiguation of 'example of purist language': 1 14 1 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: neo-purism, ultrapurism Related terms: purist, puristic

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "purismo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅんすいしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "junsuishugi",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "純粋主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pyurizumu",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "ピュリスム"
    },
    {
      "alt": "純粹主義",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sunsujuui",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "순수주의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pwiriseum",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "퓌리슴"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "purisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puryzm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "purismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "purízm",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пури́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "purismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pí-sùt-tí-ní-yom",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "พิสุทธินิยม"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "purýzm",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пури́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "example of purist language",
      "word": "purismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "purízm",
      "sense": "example of purist language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пури́зм"
    }
  ],
  "word": "purism"
}

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