preˈcisianism
Also 6 erron. -onism.
[f. prec. + -ism.]
The practice or conduct of a precisian; orig. applied to Puritanism.
| 1573 G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 30 [If] ever I have maintainid ani od point of puritanism, or præcisionism mi self. 1599 B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. iv. iv, 'Tis now esteem'd precisianism in wit,..to love or seek good names. 1646 Buck Rich. III Ded., They will challenge the book at the very title;..the Captious and Incredulous, with their jealous præcisianismes. 1649 Milton Eikon. Pref., Wks. 1851 III. 335 It must needs be ridiculous..that they..should in this one particular outstripp all precisianism with thir scruples and cases. 1651 Biggs New Disp. §272 Constrain into a precisianisme of conformity. 1884 Jaunt in Junk 127 To affect the precisianism of a perfect prig. |