purism

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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

An expanded version of the album included some radical electronic remixes of songs that had been hand-played, signaling that Porridge Radio had no interest in guitar-band purism.

From New York Times • May 18, 2022

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

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2021

But I do employ a similar sense of purism about the general strategy.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2021

Who would wish to expel from churches the stories of Adam and Eve, of Joseph and David, on grounds of ethical purism?

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.