purism

Purism (Latin: purus = "pure"; French: le purisme = "the purism") denotes an attitude of mind that strives for purity of spiritual creations and tries to free them from "foreign" ingredients:

• Removal of and protection from foreign elements in a language, see language purism
• a mindset in art and aesthetics, see purism (art)
• an art movement of the early 20th century, see purism (art movement)

See also:

• Puritanism

Wiktionary: Purism  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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