purisms
Demands for correctness
Purisms is the plural of purism, which refers to strict adherence to traditional rules or forms—especially in language, art, or style.
A language purist insists on correct grammar and resists borrowed words or slang.
In art, Purism was a movement emphasizing geometric forms and mechanical precision.
Multiple purisms might describe competing standards of correctness: The purisms of various style guides often contradict each other.
Enforcing linguistic correctness
- correctnessState of being accurate
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- usageAct of employing something
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
hypercorrection · pedantry · traditionalism · classicism · language policing · anglicism · etymological · orthography
Adherence to accepted beliefs
- dogmatismUnyielding adherence to doctrine
- fundamentalismStrict adherence to core tenets
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
extremism · fanaticism · rigidity · uncompromising · doctrinaire · idealism · utopianism · perfectionism
Privileging structure over substance
- classicismAdherence to ancient artistic principles
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- essentialismDoctrine of fixed natures
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
fundamentalism · traditionalism · canonical · uncompromising · austere · restraint · discipline · rigor
Quality of being genuine
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- essentialismDoctrine of fixed natures
originalism · folk revival · cultural preservation · ethnic identity · roots · ancestry · untainted · unadulterated
prescriptivism
Enforcing linguistic correctness
- correctnessState of being accurate
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- usageAct of employing something
standardization · hypercorrection · pedantry · traditionalism · classicism · language policing · anglicism · etymological · orthography · archaism
orthodoxy
Adherence to accepted beliefs
- dogmatismUnyielding adherence to doctrine
- fundamentalismStrict adherence to core tenets
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
zealotry · extremism · fanaticism · rigidity · uncompromising · doctrinaire · idealism · utopianism · perfectionism · intolerance
formalism
Privileging structure over substance
- classicismAdherence to ancient artistic principles
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- essentialismDoctrine of fixed natures
orthodoxy · fundamentalism · traditionalism · canonical · uncompromising · austere · restraint · discipline · rigor · reductionism
authenticity
Quality of being genuine
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
essentialism · originalism · folk revival · cultural preservation · ethnic identity · roots · ancestry · untainted · unadulterated · vernacular
purismsdescriptivism
Documenting actual language use
vulgarisms · permissiveness · colloquialisms · eclecticism · vernacularisms
purismshybridization
Mixing distinct genetic lines
syncretism · creolization · borrowings · cosmopolitanism · fusion
purismspragmatism
Practical problem-solving philosophy
compromises · expediences · practicalities · utilitarianism · realism
- linguistic purismResistance to language change