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purism

[pyoor-iz-uhm] / ˈpjʊər ɪz əm /




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Frankel’s dispatches showcase the culinary world’s relative lack of purism about the dish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

“There’s no point of having some kind of a revolutionary purism that you should only preach to the choir. That would be completely pointless,” Malm said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

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

Such a doctrine is a doctrine of puritanism—or purism, which is worse.

From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope


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