purism

n.

1. Strict observance of or insistence on traditional correctness, especially of language: "By purism is to be understood a needless and irritating insistence on purity or correctness of speech" (H.W. Fowler).
2. An example of purism.

French artistic movement of c.1918–25 linked to the Machine Aesthetic and founded by Ozenfant and Le Corbusier. It claimed Cubism was becoming concerned with mere decoration, that art needed to reflect the ‘spirit of the age’, exclude emotionalism and expression, and learn lessons inherent in the precision of machinery. Advocated in Après le Cubisme (1918), L'Esprit Nouveau (1920–5), and La Peinture Moderne (1925), it influenced the architectural theories of Constructivism and the teachings of the Bauhaus.

Bibliography

• Chilvers Osborne & Farr (eds.) (1988)
• Jane Turner (1996)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - purisme

Nederlands (Dutch)
purisme, taalzuivering

Français (French)
n. - purisme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Purismus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καθαρολογία

Italiano (Italian)
purismo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - purismo (m)

Русский (Russian)
пуризм

Español (Spanish)
n. - purismo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - purism, språkrensning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
语言纯正癖, 纯粹派

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 語言純正癖, 純粹派

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 용어상의 결벽, 언어의 순화

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 純粋主義, 潔癖

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الحرص على صفاء اللغه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טהרנות, בייחוד בשפה או באמנות‬

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