I am a staunch supporter of linguistic purism.
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Purism
Synonyms for "purism" (33 found)
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Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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8 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نِقَائِيَة noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Armenian
1 entries- պուրիզմ noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Belarusian
1 entries- пуры́зм noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пури́зъм noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Catalan
1 entries- purisme noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 純粹主義 /纯粹主义 noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Dutch
1 entries- purisme noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Finnish
4 entries- oikeakielisyys noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
- puhdasoppisuus noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
- purismi noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
- purismi noun (example of purist language)
French
1 entries- purisme noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Galician
1 entries- purismo noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
German
1 entries- Purismus noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Hungarian
1 entries- purizmus noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Italian
1 entries- purismo noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Japanese
2 entries- ピュリスム noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
- 純粋主義 noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Korean
2 entries- 순수주의 noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
- 퓌리슴 noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Malay
1 entries- purisme noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Polish
1 entries- puryzm noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Portuguese
1 entries- purismo noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Russian
2 entries- пури́зм noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
- пури́зм noun (example of purist language)
Spanish
1 entries- purismo noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Swedish
1 entries- purism noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Thai
1 entries- พิสุทธินิยม noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пури́зм noun (insistence on the traditionally correct way)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Linguistic purism is unreasonable.
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Purism is pretentious.
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Linguistic purism is a silly idea; compounding, conversion, and derivation can only take you so far.
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