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[ pyoor-i-tn-iz-uhm ] / ˈpyʊər ɪ tnˌɪz əm /
nounthe principles and practices of the Puritans. (sometimes lowercase) extreme strictness in moral or religious matters, often to excess; rigid austerity. Origin of PuritanismFirst recorded in 1565–75; Puritan + -ism OTHER WORDS FROM Puritanisman·ti-Pu·ri·tan·ism, nounWords nearby Puritanismpuriri, purism, Puritan, Puritan ethic, puritanical, Puritanism, Puritans, Puritan spoon, purity, Purkinje cell, Purkinje fiber Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for PuritanismPositive thinking is Puritanism with a capitalist face, she believes. Why Are You So Damn Happy?|Megan Hustad|October 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST The Obamas have added to the angst with intimations of a new Puritanism in our dire future. But Can We Still Have Fun?|Kathleen Parker|January 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST What I have to say will be upon this point: Why Puritanism is especially fitted to elevate the despised races. The American Missionary -- Volume 33, No. 02, February, 1879|Various To neither of these was an understanding of Puritanism at all possible. The World's Greatest Books, Vol IX.|Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
Puritanism seems to suggest that those who have been “converted” are actually perfect. An Outline of Sexual Morality|Kenneth Ingram Puritanism kept up its Don Quixote battle against May-poles until there was hardly one standing to seduce the people to idolatry. The Beginners of a Nation|Edward Eggleston. Puritanism was a violent oscillation of the pendulum of life to the other side. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard
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