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purism
[pyoor-iz-uhm]
noun
strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
an instance of this.
Fine Arts.Often Purism 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
/ ˈʊəˌɪə /
noun
insistence on traditional canons of correctness of form or purity of style or content, esp in language, art, or music
Other Word Forms
- purist noun
- ˈܰ adjective
- ˈپ adverb
- ˈپ adjective
Example Sentences
Stanford’s self-proclaimed ecological purism doesn’t mean he believes we should do away with nonnative species altogether, though.
“It’s basically, whatever looks good. If something doesn’t look right, I’ll use a different material. I don’t like glass purism.”
But Mr. Belafonte never embraced that sort of monarchical title, rejecting “purism” as a “cover-up for mediocrity” and explaining that he saw his work as a mash-up of musical styles.
“There’s no point of having some kind of a revolutionary purism that you should only preach to the choir. That would be completely pointless,” Malm said.
Since the financial crisis of 2008 and a pandemic that required massive government spending to ward off economic collapse, market purism has been on the decline.
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