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purity tests

purity tests is the plural of purity test.

Meaning of purity test

Noun

purity test (plural purity tests)

  1. An informal survey that assesses the participant's supposed degree of innocence in worldly matters, such as sex, drugs, and deceit.
    • […] popular online “purity tests,” which use a series of 500 questions about sexual experience and drug use to establish one's level of “purity.”2017, Jonathan P. Eburne, Benjamin Schreier, The Year's Work in Nerds, Wonks, and Neocons, page 224
  2. A rigid standard on a specific issue by which a politician or other figure is evaluated.
    • To begin, we return to Will: “What started as a critical reading of a children's book became a social justice 'racial equity' purity test full of hypocrisy”.2019, Jessica S. Mitchell, Erin N. Vaughn, Participatory Literacy Practices for P-12 Classrooms in the Digital Age, page 211

Questions about purity tests

What is purity tests the plural of?
Purity tests is the plural of purity test.

Words near purity tests in the dictionary

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

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