precisianism

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English

Etymology

From precisian +‎ -ism.

Noun

precisianism (countable and uncountable, plural precisianisms)

  1. The quality or state of being a precisian
    Synonyms: pedantry, Puritanism
    • 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ  , London: Matthew Simmons, , →OCLC:
      they who in other matters express so little feare either of God or man , should in this one particular outstripp all precisianism with thir scruples and cases

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