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Purism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Purism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)

"linguistic purisms"

2

An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
insistence
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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