Associations to the word «Purism»

Wiktionary

PURISM, noun. (uncountable) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things, especially of language
PURISM, noun. (countable) An example of purist language etc

Dictionary definition

PURISM, noun. Scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language); "linguistic purisms".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin