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Showing words for PURISM using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Purism

primus, purims, purism

5 Letter Words for Purism

muirs, pisum, piums, prims, prism, prius, purim, puris, rimus, rumps

4 Letter Words for Purism

imps, mips, mirs, muir, pirs, pium, pius, prim, puir, puri, purs, rims, rimu, rips, risp, rsum, rump, rums, simp, sium, smir, smur, spur, sumi, sump, supr, umps, urim, urps

3 Letter Words for Purism

imp, imu, ipm, ipr, ips, irs, ism, mir, mis, mri, mrs, mus, pir, pis, piu, pms, prs, psi, pur, pus, rim, rip, rms, rpm, rps, rum, sim, sip, sir, sri, sui, sum, sup, sur, ump, ums, ups, urp, urs

Definitions for Purism

[1] strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
[2] an instance of this.
[3] (often initial capital letter ) 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.
[4] insistence on traditional canons of correctness of form or purity of style or content, esp in language, art, or music

Words related to Purism

grandiloquence, rhetoric, bombast, delicacy, wordiness, pomposity, fustian, Gongorism, circumlocution, inflation, pretense

Words nearby Purism

puriform, purify, purim, purine, puriri, purism, puritan, puritan ethic, puritan spoon, puritanical, puritanism

Origin of Purism

First recorded in 1795–1805; pure + -ism

Other words from Purism

pur·ist , noun
pu·ris·tic , pu·ris·ti·cal , adjective
pu·ris·ti·cal·ly , adverb
hy·per·pur·ist , noun
non·pu·ris·tic , adjective
un·pu·ris·tic , adjective

Synonyms for Purism

Gongorism, bombast, delicacy, floridness, fustian, grandiloquence, pomposity, rhetoric, wordiness