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linguistic purism

opposition to foreign influence on a language
Event language_attitude Q192227
linguistic purism
Académie française · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

linguistic purism is a language attitude[1]. It draws 999 Wikipedia views per month (language attitude category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: language ideology[3]
  • Subclass of: language policy[4], linguistic prescription[5]
  • Commons category: Linguistic purism[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Linguistic purism[7]
  • Facet of: sociolinguistics[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Linguistics[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[11]
  • Different from: purism[12]
  • Studied by: sociolinguistics[13]
  • Significant person: Pietro Bembo[14], Leonardo Salviati[15]

Why It Matters

linguistic purism has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

sociolinguistics Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX6392877
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX6392877"
  2. 10w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant person → Pietro Bembo, Leonardo Salviati
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Significant person: Pietro Bembo, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  3. 17w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → purizmas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: purizmas"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0311011-purismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0311011-purismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → sociolinguistics
    Facet of → sociolinguistics
    Instance of → language attitude, language ideology
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007551349105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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