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purism

/pyoor-iz-uhm/US // ˈpyʊər ɪz əm //UK // (ˈpjʊəˌrɪzəm) //

纯粹主义,纯洁主义,纯洁性,纯粹的

Related Words

grandiloquence大言不惭,大言不惭的,大言不惭地,大嘴rhetoric修辞学,言辞,修辞,辞令bombast高谈阔论,高调,高调行事delicacy美味佳肴,美味,珍馐,美味的东西wordiness词汇量,字数,词汇量大,措辞pomposity浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气fustian锈迹斑斑,锈蚀,锈色,锈迹斑斑的floridness花色,花絮,花式,花色品种circumlocution绕口令,旁敲侧击,旁敲侧击法,旁白inflation通货膨胀,通胀,膨胀,通涨pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
    • : an instance of this.
    • : Often Purism .Fine Arts. a style of art developed in France in the early 20th century, characterized by the use of simple geometric forms and images evocative of objects produced by machine.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ineuphuism
Synonyms
gongorism贡品主义,锣鼓喧天,锣鼓声,贡品bombast高谈阔论,高调,高调行事delicacy美味佳肴,美味,珍馐,美味的东西floridness花色,花絮,花式,花色品种fustian锈迹斑斑,锈蚀,锈色,锈迹斑斑的grandiloquence大言不惭,大言不惭的,大言不惭地,大嘴pomposity浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气rhetoric修辞学,言辞,修辞,辞令wordiness词汇量,字数,词汇量大,措辞
as ineuphemism
Synonyms
circumlocution绕口令,旁敲侧击,旁敲侧击法,旁白delicacy美味佳肴,美味,珍馐,美味的东西floridness花色,花絮,花式,花色品种grandiloquence大言不惭,大言不惭的,大言不惭地,大嘴inflation通货膨胀,通胀,膨胀,通涨pomposity浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假

Examples

  • As a general rule, I think, educated Americans are more apt to err on the side of purism than of laxity.

  • No writer of the period has such a command of pure English, unadulterated by xenomania and unweakened by purism, as Daniel.

  • Purism, whether in grammar or vocabulary, almost always means ignorance.

  • His fate was perhaps as sad as well might be, and as foul a blot to the purism of these very pure times in which we live.

  • If we attempt such purism we must fail signally as constructors and as artists.

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