Purism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Purism \Pur"ism\, n. [Cf. F. purisme.]
     Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice,
     especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to
     purity. "His political purism." --De Quincey.
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           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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