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Noun: purism  pyû-ri-zum
  1. Scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)
    "linguistic purisms"

Derived forms: purisms

See also: purist

Type of: insistence, insisting

Encyclopedia: Purism

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