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purism

[ pyoor-iz-uhm ]

noun

  1. strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
  2. an instance of this.
  3. Often Purism. Fine Arts. a style of art developed in France in the early 20th century, characterized by the use of simple geometric forms and images evocative of objects produced by machine.


purism

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noun

  1. insistence on traditional canons of correctness of form or purity of style or content, esp in language, art, or music
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è³Ü°ù¾±²õ³Ù, adjectivenoun
  • ±è³Üˈ°ù¾±²õ³Ù¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
  • ±è³Üˈ°ù¾±²õ³Ù¾±³¦, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è³Ü°ù·¾±²õ³Ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of purism1

First recorded in 1795–1805; pure + -ism
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Stanford’s self-proclaimed ecological purism doesn’t mean he believes we should do away with nonnative species altogether, though.

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“It’s basically, whatever looks good. If something doesn’t look right, I’ll use a different material. I don’t like glass purism.â€

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But Mr. Belafonte never embraced that sort of monarchical title, rejecting “purism†as a “cover-up for mediocrity†and explaining that he saw his work as a mash-up of musical styles.

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“There’s no point of having some kind of a revolutionary purism that you should only preach to the choir. That would be completely pointless,†Malm said.

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Since the financial crisis of 2008 and a pandemic that required massive government spending to ward off economic collapse, market purism has been on the decline.

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