"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
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  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.
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  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)
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  4. (countable) An example of purist language etc. Tags: countable Translations (example of purist language): purismi (Finnish), пури́зм (purízm) [masculine] (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: neo-purism, ultrapurism Related terms: purist, puristic

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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "niqāʔiya",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "نِقَائِيَة"
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      "roman": "purizm",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "պուրիզմ"
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "purýzm",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "roman": "purízǎm",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пури́зъм"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "purisme"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "純粹主義"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chúncuìzhǔyì",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "纯粹主义"
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      "word": "purisme"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "puhdasoppisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "purismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "oikeakielisyys"
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      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "purisme"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "purismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Purismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "purizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "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",
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      "word": "퓌리슴"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "word": "purismo"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "pí-sùt-tí-ní-yom",
      "sense": "insistence on the traditionally correct way",
      "word": "พิสุทธินิยม"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "word": "пури́зм"
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}

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