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

“I like to think I’m striving for conceptual purism, for an ethereal kind of ideal.”

From New York Times • May 10, 2018

The third party took the name of Peter, or Cephas, as in their Hebrew purism they preferred to call him.

From The Life of St. Paul by Stalker, James