Let's not get too wrapped up in purism to be pragmaticThey party should get control of this and put up a winner, Hillary. From Wordnik.com. [Sources: Clinton, Obama supporters discussing exit strategies] Reference
Such a doctrine is a doctrine of puritanism -- or purism, which is worse. From Wordnik.com. [The Bertrams] Reference
By wasting your time attacking me, it's your absurd purism which is letting them off the hook. From Wordnik.com. [How Religion is Misunderstood] Reference
Without subscibing to the 'purism' fallacy, I just wonder how authentic such a language can be. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE NEWEST INDIANS.] Reference
In many ways the fixed-gear trend appears to be an attempt at "purism," both mechanical and aesthetic. From Wordnik.com. [From the BSNYC Culture Desk: Nerds and Bikes] Reference
I don't care about "purism" or what other fanatics think/say. From Wordnik.com. [PopWatch] Reference
I am the king of hard-core fans of linguistic purism. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: HIGH ICELANDIC.] Reference
I think that “purism” is a deliberate straw man here. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Selling Out] Reference
You might call that dogmatic purism; I call it pragmatism. From Wordnik.com. [Enforcing the drug laws they oppose] Reference
They are similar to Black Nazis who believe in racial purism. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Supporter Rants About "Hooligan" Obama And "Socialist" Takeover -- And McCain Agrees] Reference
Extreme linguistic purism is now seen as a joke by many people. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: HIGH ICELANDIC.] Reference
And George "Macaca" Allen should have listened to Rosa's purism. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Kuhn: Ode to 2006] Reference
The neo-cons know how to exploit this leftist addiction to purism. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Slater: 'Purity' Won't Make the World Any Better] Reference
This means that linguistic purism is a unique feature in Icelandic. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: HIGH ICELANDIC.] Reference
Then again, maybe not the best idea in the face of taintal purism. From Wordnik.com. [In Transition: Livable Streets, Lovable Lenses] Reference
Hmm, I grant you points for purism, but I do think that's a bit extreme. From Wordnik.com. [The Assassination of Richard Nixon] Reference
Wishing for African purism, Amin had 80,000 people kicked out of Uganda. From Wordnik.com. [Five of the Most Evil Rulers of the Twentieth Century | myFiveBest] Reference
Because linguistic purism is the only thing that makes Icelandic unique!. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: HIGH ICELANDIC.] Reference
He was a fervent partisan of the popular language and an enemy of purism. From Wordnik.com. [Giorgos Seferis - Nobel Lecture] Reference
I have a question about the relation between fascism and linguistic purism. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: HIGH ICELANDIC.] Reference
Without linguistic purism 60% of the Icelandic vocabulary would be different. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: HIGH ICELANDIC.] Reference
If we attempt such purism we must fail signally as constructors and as artists. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
He has no patience with the unrealities of sectarian purism and pedantic orthodoxy. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series] Reference
Though I wonder if there's no such thing as linguistic purism in the Neolithic age. From Wordnik.com. [Proto-Semitic as a second language] Reference
Rep. Joe's purism serves none but himself, so he is working for himself and not you. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas Brown: Speculations on 'Partisan Rancor'] Reference
Paul Somers of Classical New Jersey says of the disc, Cervantes is not about purism. From Wordnik.com. [Ana Cervantes] Reference
Ciceronianus Erasmus criticized and derided the rigid verbal purism of the Ciceronians. From Wordnik.com. [Desiderius Erasmus] Reference
Linguists all over the world refer to extreme linguistic purism as 'the Icelandic way'. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: HIGH ICELANDIC.] Reference
This, to me, is very revealing of the Liberal's purism — and that is why I mention it. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble at San Francisco State: An Exchange] Reference
But Palin's pro-life purism is as ethically flawed as it is politically damaging to the GOP. From Wordnik.com. [What Happened to Family Values?] Reference
Its rigor and purism are so extreme that only an angel could live according to its precepts. From Wordnik.com. [The Angels and Us] Reference
Phoenix: "Though I wonder if there's no such thing as linguistic purism in the Neolithic age.". From Wordnik.com. [Proto-Semitic as a second language] Reference
Richard Polk, Dairy Center chairman, said the city was trying to balance purism with pragmatism. From Wordnik.com. [A Whole New Name Game] Reference
What replaced it was Islamic extremism, fundamentalism, purism — whatever you want to call it. From Wordnik.com. [The Roots of Our Discontent] Reference
Though meant to discredit me, it is an important issue since it reveals again the Liberals 'purism. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble at San Francisco State: An Exchange] Reference
This is why many linguists in the world refer to extreme linguistic purism as the Icelandic way'. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: HIGH ICELANDIC.] Reference
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