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What does purism mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things, especially of language
  2. (countable) An example of purist language etc
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Wolf Udo Wagner eliminates the extraneous with an elegantly functional purism.
The hawkish ECB likes neither and has been keen to stop. That purism may have to come to an end.
Harry Seidler's breathtaking refinement of detail and visual purism, when it appeared after World War II, was aided by a new interpretation of modern architecture.
The soft edges and rounded corners of the new frame design of Gira Esprit glass C now offer a new alternative to purism and linearity.
But generally speaking, in our emerging virtual era the stress is no longer on questions relating to style, purism, or historical tradition.
In approaching such an artist, one could be forgiven for sniffing the air for a tinge of stuffy curatorial purism or poker-faced pedantry.

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