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Purism
ˈpjʊərɪz(ə)m
Purism definitions
noun
purism
- scrupulous or exaggerated observance of or insistence on traditional rules or structures, especially in language or style
"Mrs Grundy's name is now synonymous with narrow linguistic purism"
- an early 20th-century artistic style and movement founded by Le Corbusier and the French painter Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966) and emphasizing purity of geometric form. It arose out of a rejection of cubism and was characterized by a return to the representation of recognizable objects