purism
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French purisme, equivalent to pure + -ism.
Noun
[edit]purism (countable and uncountable, plural purisms)
- An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
- (uncountable) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things.
- (countable) An example of purist language etc.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]insistence on the traditionally correct way
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Further reading
[edit]- “purism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “purism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French purisme. By surface analysis, pur + -ism.
Noun
[edit]purism n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit] declension of purism (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) purism | purismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) purism | purismului |
vocative | purismule |
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pewH-
- English terms derived from French
- English terms suffixed with -ism
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Linguistics
- English 3-syllable words
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms suffixed with -ism
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian uncountable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns