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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens...
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    can become a target for puristic intervention, even geographical names, proper names, etc. (The attitude – in itself "puristic" and associated with increased...
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    Purism (redirect from Purist (music))
    propaganda towards their Purist movement. The Purist Manifesto lays out the rules Ozenfant and Le Corbusier created to govern the Purist movement. Purism does...
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  • In 19th century English it was sometimes spelled chilio, in line with a puristic opinion by Thomas Young. As an opponent of suggestions to introduce the...
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  • Katharevousa (redirect from Puristic Greek)
    Katharevousa (Greek: Καθαρεύουσα, pronounced [kaθaˈrevusa], literally "purifying [language]") is a conservative form of the Modern Greek language conceived...
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  • Look up purism or purist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Purism is an arts movement that took place between 1918 and 1925. Purism may also refer to:...
    501 bytes (100 words) - 00:21, 17 April 2020
  • 19th century English it was sometimes spelled "hecato", in line with a puristic opinion by Thomas Young. Its unit symbol as an SI prefix in the International...
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    A gyrodyne is a type of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system that is driven by its engine for takeoff and landing only, and includes one or...
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  • Linguistic purism in the Korean language is the belief that words of native Korean origin should be used in place of foreign-derived "loanwords". This...
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    original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2014. "Changes not music to purists' ears". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 September 2008. Archived from the...
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    incorporating pop music influences into jazz melodies and improvisation. Purists of the era did not see the new jazz fusion subgenre as jazz due to its...
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  • traditional sounds of country music and received criticisms from country music purists while gaining in popularity with mainstream audiences. The topics addressed...
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    Hendrik Verwoerd, sympathised with the purists, but allowed for the use of black labour, while implementing the purist goal of vertical separation. Verwoerd...
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    "Kermit as Mogul, Farting Fozzie Bear: How Disney's Muppets Movie Has Purists Rattled". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November...
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  • subsequent releases were creative funk-jazz works. Although some jazz purists protested against the blend of jazz and rock, many jazz innovators crossed...
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    Man'yōshū were all studied anew in the search for the Japanese spirit. Some purists in the kokugaku movement, such as Motoori Norinaga, even criticized the...
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    understanding the roots of modern language. Jefferson criticized language purists and supported the introduction of neologisms to English, foreseeing the...
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    academics and journalists into three categories: the largest group being the purists (or quietists), who avoid politics; the second largest group being the...
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  • century, a written language based on rural Modern Norwegian dialects and puristic opposition to the Danish and Dano-Norwegian spoken in Norwegian cities...
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    based on native roots rather than borrowings from other languages. The puristic tendency in the development of Icelandic vocabulary is to a large degree...
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