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Definition of Puristic
1. a. Of or pertaining to purists or purism.
Definition of Puristic
1. Adjective. of, or relating to purism or purists ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puristic
1. purist [adj] - See also: purist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puristic
Literary usage of Puristic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature by John Addington Symonds (1881)
"... Admiration of Artists—Relations with Men of Letters—Epistle to Bernardo
Tasso—His Lack of Learning—Disengagement from puristic Prejudices-Belief in his ..."
2. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature in Two Parts by John Addington Symonds (1881)
"... Letters — Epistle to Bernardo Tasso — His Lack of Learning — Disengagement
from puristic Prejudices — Belief in his own Powers — Rapidity of Composition ..."
3. Renaissance in Italy by John Addington Symonds (1906)
"... Letters—Epistle to Bernardo Tasso—His Lack of Learning—Disengagement from
puristic Prejudices—Belief in his own Powers—Rapidity of Composition—His Style ..."
4. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature, in Two Parts by John Addington Symonds (1904)
"... Letters—Epistle to Bernardo Tasso—His Lack of Learning—Disengagement from
puristic Prejudices—Belief in his own Powers—Rapidity of Composition—His Style ..."
5. Journal of Social Science: Containing the Transactions of the American by American Social Science Association (1894)
"The other school, although puristic in its tendencies, is not so extreme, but
accepts post-classical usage. There is also a third class of men, ..."
6. English Usage: Studies in the History and Uses of English Words and Phrases by John Lesslie Hall (1917)
"This very stiffness will probably doom of which to extinction except in puristic
circles. Some prose writers cited as using whose use of which frequently. ..."
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