purism

purism synonyms

sophistry compare purism and sophistry
quibbling compare purism and quibbling
scrupulousness compare purism and scrupulousness
pomposity compare purism and pomposity
pretense compare purism and pretense
pedantry compare purism and pedantry
perfectionism compare purism and perfectionism
overscrupulousness compare purism and overscrupulousness
nitpicking compare purism and nitpicking
fastidiousness compare purism and fastidiousness
pettifoggery compare purism and pettifoggery
meticulousness compare purism and meticulousness
captiousness compare purism and captiousness
cavilling compare purism and cavilling
delicacy compare purism and delicacy
grandiloquence compare purism and grandiloquence
finickiness compare purism and finickiness
formalism compare purism and formalism
finicality compare purism and finicality
floridness compare purism and floridness
precision compare purism and precision
hairsplitting compare purism and hairsplitting
dogmatism compare purism and dogmatism
euphemism compare purism and euphemism
fault-finding compare purism and fault-finding
circumlocution compare purism and circumlocution
punctiliousness compare purism and punctiliousness
carping compare purism and carping
pettifogging compare purism and pettifogging
exactness compare purism and exactness
inflation compare purism and inflation
casuistry compare purism and casuistry
literalism compare purism and literalism
conventionalism compare purism and conventionalism
formalism compare purism and formalism
sophistry compare purism and sophistry
sophism compare purism and sophism
knavery compare purism and knavery
sophisticalness compare purism and sophisticalness
traditionalism compare purism and traditionalism
pretense compare purism and pretense
scrupulousness compare purism and scrupulousness
pretext compare purism and pretext
delicacy compare purism and delicacy
orthodoxy compare purism and orthodoxy
sophistication compare purism and sophistication
prescription compare purism and prescription
conformity compare purism and conformity
hedging compare purism and hedging
misconstruction compare purism and misconstruction

purism definitions

noun

  • An example of purist language etc. 

  • 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. 

  • An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things. 

  • An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.