purism

English

Etymology

From French purisme, equivalent to pure +‎ -ism.

Noun

purism (countable and uncountable, plural purisms)

1. An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
   1. (linguistics) 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.
2. (uncountable) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things.
3. (countable) An example of purist language etc.

Derived terms

• neo-purism
• ultrapurism

Related terms

• purist
• puristic

Translations

insistence on the traditionally correct way

• Arabic: نِقَائِيَة f (niqāʔiya)
• Armenian: պուրիզմ (hy) (purizm)
• Belarusian: пуры́зм m (purýzm)
• Bulgarian: пури́зъм m (purízǎm)
• Catalan: purisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 純粹主義 / 纯粹主义 (chúncuìzhǔyì)

• Dutch: purisme (nl) n
• Finnish: puhdasoppisuus (fi), purismi, oikeakielisyys (fi)
• French: purisme (fr) m
• Galician: purismo m
• German: Purismus (de) m
• Hungarian: purizmus (hu)
• Italian: purismo (it) m
• Japanese: 純粋主義 (じゅんすいしゅぎ, junsuishugi), ピュリスム (pyurizumu)
• Korean: 순수주의(純粹主義) (sunsujuui), 퓌리슴 (pwiriseum)
• Malay: purisme
• Polish: puryzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: purismo m
• Russian: пури́зм (ru) m (purízm)
• Spanish: purismo (es)
• Thai: พิสุทธินิยม (th) (pí-sùt-tí-ní-yom)
• Ukrainian: пури́зм m (purýzm)

example of purist language

• Finnish: purismi
• Russian: пури́зм (ru) m (purízm)

Further reading

• “purism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “purism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Primus, primus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French purisme. By surface analysis, pur +‎ -ism.

Noun

purism n (uncountable)

1. purism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	purism	purismul
genitive-dative	purism	purismului
vocative	purismule