Puritanism
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈpjʊrɪtənɪzəm/
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puritanismo
- The emphasis on self-discipline and moral uprightness in the community reflected a strong sense of Puritanism.
- sexual Puritanism
And it's a kind of rape culture and Puritanism stands against that.
- And it's a kind of rape culture and Puritanism stands against that.
- It's a such, such a strange thing, I think especially in media, like the dichotomy between like puritanism and and salaciousness.
- You know the the American humorist once said that said that he said puritanism is the deep fear that someone, somewhere might be happy.
- There is a there is a strain of puritanism that that kind of, you know, underscores a large cross section of the vegan community.
- Give a Puritan a text to write while he's worried and you got Puritanism.
- But I do think there is a kind of puritanism as well and this sense of potential trauma, harm.
Examples
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We hold that a moral revival in these United States is possible without Puritanism; that is, without busybodies meddling in our personal affairs, without thought police controlling our intellectual life.
Academic text (2002) -
The puritanism of the people who came here first is hard to die, I guess.
Blog text (11) -
The charge "puritanism" is not too off base, given the emphasis on work, saving, and the family.
Academic text (1992) -
Thus, the Pilgrims took with them two contradictory ideas that had been well established in England: democracy and Puritanism.
Academic text (2014) -
But Puritanism had flowered in this rocky soil, hadn't it?
Fiction book (2001) -
In America, the period of Prohibition was a clear example of cultural Puritanism that restricted alcohol consumption.
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Her strict adherence to rules and avoidance of any indulgence were signs of her deep-rooted Puritanism.
Synonyms
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8.8
A strict set of moral rules that values hard work and avoids pleasure
A strict moral and religious attitude valuing self-control and rejecting pleasure
A way of living with strict rules and little pleasure
Antonyms
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5.8
A political belief that values individual freedom, equal rights, limited government, free markets, and social progress
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember Puritanism is to think of pure ('clean' or 'morally pure') and purity. Because the Puritans wanted strict moral 'purity', Puritanism also means strict, simple behavior and strong self-control.