purism (n)

n07191950

type n
lex_filenum 10
def scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)
examples linguistic purisms
Outgoing links
Hypernym insistence, insisting
Derivationally related form purism → purist
Incoming links
Hyponym insistence, insisting
Derivationally related form purist → purism

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