purism
Definitions
Noun
- Scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)
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Words that contain the term "purism".
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "purism".
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| 1 | purse | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | purvis | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | spurs | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | prim | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | pluralism | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | purists | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | puris | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | purim | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | prism | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | purist | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | prisms | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | puri | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | pris | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | turismo | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | tourism | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | puritanism | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | urias | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | uri's | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | trism | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | purrs | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | prizm | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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