Clues for the word "PURISM"
We've had 13 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 15 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Pat Sajack's Code Letter crossword on May 02, 2014.
Definition of purism
- n. - Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity.
Referring Clues
- Stickler's creed
- Early 20th-century art movement
- Insistence on precise standards
- Chaste pursuit
- Insistence on chasteness
- Aversion to slang, say
- Strict linguistic correctness
- Strict interpretation
- Strict adherence to the rules of grammar
- Insistence on traditional correctness
- Stickler's belief
- Insistence on correct language
- Rigid adherence
Last Seen In
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 02, 2014
- Universal - January 17, 2014
- Netword - September 30, 2012
- USA Today - August 30, 2012
- Washington Post - November 11, 2008
- LA Times - August 31, 2008
- Washington Post - August 04, 2008
- Universal - January 06, 2008
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 13, 2007
- LA Times Sunday - January 15, 2006
- LA Times - September 28, 2005
- New York Times - December 17, 2004
- New York Times - January 17, 2003
- Washington Post - November 25, 2000
- New York Times - September 30, 1999