purism

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

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

Both bands place themselves within a longer history of rock, flaunting their selected influences, and both have shrugged off any kind of purism or austerity, punk/grunge or otherwise.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2020

This gentleman carried purism to almost extravagant lengths.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher