purism

On the right, this can take the form of conspiracies or authoritarian nostalgia; on the left, it may manifest as moral purism or ideological litmus tests.

Stanford’s self-proclaimed ecological purism doesn’t mean he believes we should do away with nonnative species altogether, though.

“It’s basically, whatever looks good. If something doesn’t look right, I’ll use a different material. I don’t like glass purism.”

But Mr. Belafonte never embraced that sort of monarchical title, rejecting “purism” as a “cover-up for mediocrity” and explaining that he saw his work as a mash-up of musical styles.

“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.