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purisms

purisms is the plural of purism.

Meaning of purism

Noun

purism (countable and uncountable, plural purisms)

  1. An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
    1. 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.
  2. (uncountable) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things.
  3. (countable) An example of purist language etc.

Questions about purisms

What is purisms the plural of?
Purisms is the plural of purism.

Words near purisms in the dictionary

  1. purinyl
  2. puriri
  3. puriris
  4. puris
  5. purism
  6. purisms
  7. purist
  8. purist Greek
  9. puristic
  10. puristical
  11. puristically

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