purism

purism

English

Etymology

From French purisme.

Noun

purism (countable and uncountable, plural purisms)

1. An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
   1. (linguistics) The desire to use words and forms derived from what is considered the native element in a given language instead of elements considered borrowed or foreign.
2. (uncountable) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things.
3. (countable) An example of purist language etc.

Derived terms

• neo-purism
• ultrapurism

Related terms

• purist
• puristic

Translations

insistence on the traditionally correct way

Arabic: نِقَائِيَة‎ f (niqāʾiya) Armenian: պուրիզմ (hy) (purizm) Belarusian: пуры́зм m (purýzm) Bulgarian: пури́зъм m (purízǎm) Catalan: purisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 純粹主義／纯粹主义 (chúncuìzhǔyì) Dutch: purisme (nl) n Finnish: puhdasoppisuus (fi), purismi, oikeakielisyys (fi) French: purisme (fr) m Galician: purismo m German: Purismus (de) m Hungarian: purizmus Italian: purismo (it) m Japanese: 純粋主義 (じゅんすいしゅぎ, junsuishugi), ピュリスム (pyurizumu) Korean: 순수주의(純粹主義) (sunsujuui), 퓌리슴 (pwiriseum) Malay: purisme Polish: puryzm (pl) m Portuguese: purismo m Russian: пури́зм (ru) m (purízm) Spanish: purismo (es) Thai: พิสุทธินิยม (th) (pí-sùt-tí-ní-yom) Ukrainian: пури́зм m (purýzm)

example of purist language

Finnish: purismi Russian: пури́зм (ru) m (purízm)

Further reading

• purism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• purism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• Primus, primus

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Romanian

Etymology

From French purisme.

Noun

purism n (uncountable)

1. purism

Declension

declension of purism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) purism	purismul
genitive/dative	(unui) purism	purismului
vocative	purismule