| NOUN | communication | purism | scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language) |
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| Meaning | scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language). | |
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| Example | "linguistic purisms" | |
| Broader | insistence, insisting | continual and persistent demands |
| Spanish | purismo | |
| Catalan | purisme | |
| Nouns | purist | someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) |
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