Term: purism: scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)
Broader: insistence: continual and persistent demands | Unrelated: secretary of defense: the position of the head of the Department of Defense
Broader: insistence: continual and persistent demands | Unrelated: strabismus: abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
Broader: insistence: continual and persistent demands | Unrelated: caveman: someone who lives in a cave
Broader: insistence: continual and persistent demands | Unrelated: custard pie: a prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificial custard; thrown in slapstick comedies
Broader: insistence: continual and persistent demands | Unrelated: absolute temperature: temperature measured on the absolute scale
Broader: insistence: continual and persistent demands | Unrelated: gas engine: an internal-combustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vapor
Broader: insistence: continual and persistent demands | Unrelated: epidural anesthesia: regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery
Broader: insistence: continual and persistent demands | Unrelated: underdevelopment: state of inadequate development
Broader: insistence: continual and persistent demands | Unrelated: crinoline: a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing
Broader: insistence: continual and persistent demands | Unrelated: fender-bender: a collision between motor vehicles that produces minor damage