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<p><a href="page.php?w=Linguistic_purism">Purism in the linguistic field</a> is the historical trend of languages to conserve intact their lexical structure of <a href="page.php?w=word_family">word families</a>, in opposition to foreign influences which are considered 'impure'. Historically, <b>linguistic purism in English</b> is a reaction to the great number of <a href="page.php?w=loanword">borrowings</a> in the <a href="page.php?w=English_language">English language</a> from other languages, especially <a href="page.php?w=Old_French">Old French</a>,</p><p>
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