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Meaning of "purism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PURISM

purism  [ˈpjʊəˌrɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Purism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PURISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Purism

Purism, referring to the arts, was a movement that took place between 1918–1925 that influenced French painting and architecture. Purism was led by Amédée Ozenfant and Charles Edouard Jeanneret. Ozenfant and Le Corbusier created a variation of Cubist movement and called it Purism.

Definition of purism in the English dictionary

The definition of purism in the dictionary is insistence on traditional canons of correctness of form or purity of style or content, esp in language, art, or music.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURISM


adventurism
ədˈvɛntʃəˌrɪzəm
aneurysm
ˈænjəˌrɪzəm
aphorism
ˈæfəˌrɪzəm
asterism
ˈæstəˌrɪzəm
barbarism
ˈbɑːbəˌrɪzəm
consumerism
kənˈsjuːməˌrɪzəm
counterterrorism
ˌkaʊntəˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
esoterism
ɛˈsɒtəˌrɪzəm
futurism
ˈfjuːtʃəˌrɪzəm
hypopituitarism
ˌhaɪpəpɪˈtjuːɪtəˌrɪzəm
isomerism
aɪˈsɒməˌrɪzəm
mannerism
ˈmænəˌrɪzəm
mesmerism
ˈmɛzməˌrɪzəm
militarism
ˈmɪlɪtəˌrɪzəm
naturism
ˈneɪtʃəˌrɪzəm
plagiarism
ˈpleɪdʒəˌrɪzəm
secularism
ˈsɛkjʊləˌrɪzəm
terrorism
ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
Thatcherism
ˈθætʃəˌrɪzəm
voluntarism
ˈvɒləntəˌrɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURISM

purified
purified cotton
purifier
purifies
purify
Purim
purin
purine
purine base
puriri
purist
puristic
puristical
puristically
puritan
puritanic
puritanical
puritanically
puritanicalness
puritanise

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURISM

adventure tourism
agritourism
agrotourism
amateurism
aneurism
auteurism
behaviourism
dark tourism
ecotourism
epicurism
labourism
pasteurism
prism
scripturism
sex tourism
shamateurism
sinecurism
space tourism
tourism
voluntourism
voyeurism

Synonyms and antonyms of purism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «purism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURISM

Find out the translation of purism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of purism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «purism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

纯粹主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

purismo
570 millions of speakers

English

purism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

purism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصفوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пуризм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

purismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রকৃতিবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

purisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Purisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Purismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

純粋主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

순수주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Purism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

purism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

purism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शुद्धता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dilde sadelik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

purismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

puryzm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пуризм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

purism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

purism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

purisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

purism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

purisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of purism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURISM»

The term «purism» is regularly used and occupies the 98.312 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «purism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «purism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about purism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURISM»

Discover the use of purism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to purism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Linguistic Purism in the Germanic Languages
The text is a product of a conference held at the University of Bristol in April 2003.
Nils Langer, Winifred V. Davies, 2005
2
The Politics of Language Purism
In this paper, we will discuss Korea's experience with language purism, especially as it relates to written or literary Korean. Since the advent of language purism in Korea more or less coincides with the beginning of her modernization, we will ...
Björn H. Jernudd, Michael J. Shapiro, 1989
3
L'Esprit nouveau: Purism in Paris, 1918-1925
The only book on Purism (founded by Le Corbusier), & a key contribution to the study of classic 20th century modernism in painting & architecture. -- Tie-in with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition.
Carol S. Eliel, Françoise Ducros, Tag Gronberg, 2001
4
Linguistic Purism in Action: How Auxiliary Tun was ...
In German, there is a striking opposition between modern standard German, where the construction is virtually ungrammatical and considered to be "sub-standard" by most speakers, whilst, as this book shows, the construction is attested in ...
Nils Langer, 2001
5
Modern Artists on Art
"Purism" is the most succinct essay of many in which Jeanneret and Ozenfant defined their new movement. (In his role as architect, Jeanneret took the name " Le Corbusier" beginning in 1921.) The two artists apparently met for the first time in ...
Robert L. Herbert, 2000
6
Language Purism - Perception of Loanwords and Foreign Words, ...
Intermediate Diploma Thesis from the year 2002 in the subject German Studies - Linguistics, grade: A, University of Heidelberg (German Dpt.), language: English, abstract: Ich mache backup, du hast gedownloaded, wir sind outgesourct worden: ...
Silja Ruebsamen, 2012
7
Landmarks in the History of the German Language
FALCO PFALZGRAF Linguistic Purism in the History of German Introduction The phenomenon of linguistic purism is particularly fascinating because it reveals long-held and ever-recurring beliefs about language by laypeople. As recently as  ...
Geraldine Horan, Nils Langer, Sheila Watts, 2009
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Southern Political Party Activists: Patterns of Conflict and ...
Table 9.5 Purist-Pragmatist Attitudes by Length of Activity and Party for Southern Political Party Activists, 1991 and 2002 Note: Entries are mean scores on the purism index. Ns are in brackets. Among Democrats, there is little change in any  ...
John A. Clark, Charles L. Prysby, 2004
9
English Literature and Ancient Languages
Varieties. of. Language. Purism. SOME ENGLISH WORDS advertise their provenance. In literary contexts, irremeable and irriguous announce something about Latin and Latin's relation to English, as ugh and bug do about the Saxon nature of ...
Kenneth Haynes, 2007
10
Dada and Surrealist Film
Bridging. Purism. and. Surrealism: The. Origins. and. Production. of. Fernand. Leger's. Ballet. Mecanique. Judi. Freeman. Completed and first presented publicly in late September 1924, Fernand Leger's film Ballet Mecanique was created at ...
Rudolf E. Kuenzli, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term purism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Librem 13 is a High-End Laptop That Runs Free, Open Software
Last year, a San Francisco-based company named Purism showed up on crowdfunding platform Crowd Supply with a promise that nearly 700 privacy-conscious ... «Maximum PC, Jun 15»
2
Librem 13 laptop focuses on privacy with PureOS
Purism found success with its Librem 15 laptop last year, a machine hawked at those concerned with privacy more so than a brand name or a popular OS; it runs ... «SlashGear, Jun 15»
3
Purism Librem 13: ноутбук с полностью открытой программной …
На площадке коллективного финансирования Crowd Supply стартовал сбор средств на портативный компьютер Purism Librem 13, разработчики ... «3DNews, Jun 15»
4
Purism crowd-funding Librem 13 Linux laptop, preparing second …
Purism, the open-source laptop maker behind the Librem 15, is at it again, heading back to the crowd-funding well for an addition to its lineup. As it did with its ... «ZDNet, Jun 15»
5
Purism Puts Physical Kill Switches on Latest Laptop
Purism is again turning to crowdfunding to pay for this new model, using the Crowd Supply service to aim for a goal of $250,000. Slated to begin shipping in ... «Laptop Mag, Jun 15»
6
Purism Librem 13 laptop runs free and open software (crowdfunding)
Purism launched a crowdfunding campaign to build a premium laptop designed to run free/libre and open source software last year, and the result was the ... «Liliputing, Jun 15»
7
Completely open source, high-end laptop gets closer to reality
Purism has successfully crowdfunded the Librem 15, a portable PC that combines modern parts (such as a 3.4GHz Core i7 and an optional 4K display) with ... «Engadget, Jan 15»
8
Purism Librem 15: Open-Source-Laptop erfolgreich per …
Freie und quelloffene Software (FOSS) ist eine feine Sache, das steht außer Frage. Das Startup Purism hat nun ein Laptop auf Lager, das Open-Source-Puristen ... «mobiFlip.de, Jan 15»
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Purism Aims To Build A Philosophically Pure Laptop
Purism Librem 15 is a laptop that is not free as in beer but it is instead free as in “absolutely free and open and uncontrolled by outside forces ensures complete ... «TechCrunch, Jan 15»
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Purism's high-end, open software-stuffed Librem 15 laptop hits …
There's been enough interest that Purism said it's now exploring the option of making a 13-inch laptop with the same open firmware. The 13-inch model could ... «PCWorld, Jan 15»

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