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purity spirals

purity spirals is the plural of purity spiral.

Meaning of purity spiral

Noun

purity spiral (plural purity spirals)

  1. The situation in which members of an ideological group become increasingly zealous and intolerant, eventually turning on other members.
    • [T]he American right has been caught in a purity spiral — a form of vicious circle in which successive elites compete among each other over who is the “true conservative.”2016, Matthew Sheffield, Rise of the alt-right: How mainstream conservatives' obsession with purity fueled a new right-wing radicalism

Questions about purity spirals

What is purity spirals the plural of?
Purity spirals is the plural of purity spiral.

Words near purity spirals in the dictionary

  1. purity pledge
  2. purity pledges
  3. purity ring
  4. purity rings
  5. purity spiral
  6. purity spirals
  7. purity test
  8. purity tests
  9. Purkey
  10. Purkeys
  11. Purkinje

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