| 释义 |
pur·ism
\ˈpyu̇ˌrizəm\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French purisme, from pur pure (from Latin purus) + -isme -ism
1. : rigid adherence to or insistence on purity or nicety (as in literary style or use of words)
2. : an example of purism; especially : a word or phrase or a sense of a word or phrase that is used chiefly by purists
< readers who find a usage stigmatized as purism have a right to know the stigmatizer's place in the purist scale — H.W.Fowler >
3. : a theory and practice in art originated about 1918 by Amédée Ozenfant and Le Corbusier that reduces all natural appearances to a geometric simplicity characteristic of machines |