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Other crossword clues for answer "PURISM"

PURISM
Pedant's thinking
Tendency to scoff at neological coinages, say
Chaste pursuit
Insistence on precise standards
Strict use of language, etc.
Stickler's creed
Aversion to slang, say
Stickler's belief
Rigid nicety in use of words.
Meticulosity.
Insistence on precise usage of language.
Rigid insistence on nicety.
Adherence to nicety in diction.
Early 20th-century French art style
Observance of correctness
Early 20th-century art movement
William Safire quality
Strict adherence to rules
Strict linguistic correctness
Insistence on traditional correctness