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purism
[ pyoor-iz-uhm ]
noun
- strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- an instance of this.
- Often Purism. Fine Arts. a style of art developed in France in the early 20th century, characterized by the use of simple geometric forms and images evocative of objects produced by machine.
purism
/ ˈpjʊəˌrɪzəm /
noun
- insistence on traditional canons of correctness of form or purity of style or content, esp in language, art, or music
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Derived Forms
- puˈristic, adjective
- ˈpurist, adjectivenoun
- puˈristically, adverb
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Other Words From
- pur·ist noun
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Example Sentences
As a general rule, I think, educated Americans are more apt to err on the side of purism than of laxity.
No writer of the period has such a command of pure English, unadulterated by xenomania and unweakened by purism, as Daniel.
Purism, whether in grammar or vocabulary, almost always means ignorance.
His fate was perhaps as sad as well might be, and as foul a blot to the purism of these very pure times in which we live.
If we attempt such purism we must fail signally as constructors and as artists.
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