purism

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

From Washington Post

And some journalists are enforcing intellectual piety and purism, using “the power to shame, intimidate and ostracize, even turning it on their colleagues.”

From New York Times

Earlier this week, Lord Frost admitted the UK had "underestimated" the effect of the protocol in Northern Ireland, but also accused the EU of "legal purism" in how it has been interpreted.

From BBC

David Frost, Britain's minister in charge of EU ties, said on Sunday that EU negotiators needed to show more pragmatism and less "legal purism".

From Reuters

In comments published by the Financial Times, Frost said the EU needed to show more pragmatism and less “legal purism”.

From Reuters