precisianism

English

Etymology

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 [Eikonoklástēs] […], 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

Further reading

• “precisianism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.