purism

Example Sentences

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Stanford’s self-proclaimed ecological purism doesn’t mean he believes we should do away with nonnative species altogether, though.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

Meanwhile, it says domestic purism should be promoted to lessen consumer demand for international flights.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2021

Nowadays, Arellano balances his appreciation for Kennedy with concerns about her purism.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2020

Is the impulse behind this a kind of purism or a kind of self-deception?

From New York Times • May 7, 2018

In his combat with humanistic purism he foreshadows a Christian puritanism.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan