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pur·ism
/ˈpjʊrˌɪzəm/
語言純正癖,純粹派
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pur·ism
n.
Rigid
purity
;
the
quality
of
being
affectedly
pure
or
nice
,
especially
in
the
choice
of
language
;
over-solicitude
as
to
purity
.
“His
political
purism
.”
The
English
language
,
however
, . . .
had
even
already
become
too
thoroughly
and
essentially
a
mixed
tongue
for
his
doctrine
of
purism
to
be
admitted
to
the
letter
.
--
Craik
.
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