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pur·ism
 purism
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- pronunciation:
- pyu
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
uncompromising exactness and strictness with regard to long-established standards, as of language or political or philosophical belief.
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| definition 2: |
an instance of such strictness.
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| derivation: |
purist (n.) |
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