purisme

pyʁism

Definition

Definition of purisme - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

bon usage

Rare

attachement excessif aux normes linguistiques, rejetant notamment certains emprunts ou usages modernes

Rare

Son purisme linguistique refuse les anglicismes et critique l'argot contemporain.

normativisme

puritanisme

rigorisme

orthodoxie

Rare

respect strict de principes dans un art ou une doctrine

Rare

Le purisme de ce critique rejette toute innovation musicale.

dogmatisme

orthodoxie

rigorisme

style

Rare

recherche excessive de perfection dans le style d'écriture

Rare

Le purisme de cet auteur rend ses textes très élégants.

maniérisme

préciosité

art moderne

TECH.

mouvement artistique français prônant la simplicité géométrique

TECH.

Le purisme a influencé l'architecture des années 1920.

courant

mouvement

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Origin of purisme

latin, purus (pur) + -isme (suffixe)

Examples of purisme in a sentence

Son purisme agace les auditeurs de l'émission culturelle.
Le purisme linguistique exclut les anglicismes du dictionnaire.
Son purisme artistique impressionne ses collègues peintres.
Le purisme nuit parfois à la spontanéité du texte.
Certains critiques reprochent à ce roman son purisme excessif.
Le purisme valorise les formes épurées et simples.

Certains peintres se sont tournés vers le purisme après la guerre.

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English:purism, rigorism, ...
German:Purismus, Prinzipientreue, ...
Italian:purismo, rigorismo, ...
Spanish:purismo, escrupulosidad estilística, ...
Portuguese:purismo, purista, ...
Chinese:纯语主义, 纯粹主义, ...
Japanese:言語純粋主義, 原理主義, ...
Arabic:تَطَهُّرِيَّة لُغَوِيَّة, الصرامة المبدئية, ...
Hebrew:פּוּרִיזְם, פּוּרִיטָנִיּוּת, ...
Russian:пуризм, строгий формализм, ...
Ukrainian:пуризм, чистота стилю, ...
Catalan:purisme, ...
Danish:purisme, renlærighed, ...
Dutch:purisme, stijlzuiverheid, ...
Greek:πουρισμός, αυστηρός σεβασμός, ...
Hungarian:nyelvi purizmus, purizmus, ...
Khmer:ភាពប្រកាន់សុទ្ធសាធនៃភាសា, ភាពបរិសុទ្ធនិយម, ...
Korean:순수주의, 정통주의, ...
Polish:puryzm, ortodoksja, ...
Portuguese (BR):purismo, ortodoxia, ...
Romanian:purism, ortodoxie, ...
Swedish:purism, renlärighet, ...
Thai:บริสุทธิ์นิยม, ปุริสม์, ...
Turkish:purizm, katı ortodoksluk, ...
Vietnamese:chủ nghĩa thuần túy, sự thuần túy, ...

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Definition of purisme - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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