单词	puritanism
释义	puritanism /ˈpjʊərɪtənɪz(ə)m / noun [mass noun] 1 (Puritanism) The beliefs or principles of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.The disintegration of Puritanism preceded any attempt to impose the Presbyterian system.... Boston was an early centre of New England Puritanism. Puritanism made a substantial impact on Anglo-America. 1.1Censorious moral beliefs, especially about self-indulgence and sex: an era of sexual puritanism the extreme puritanism of the hardliners grated on people... Such sexual puritanism does little to challenge a conservative view of sex as dangerous and undesirable. His thoroughgoing Puritanism meant that he constantly subjected himself to self-examination. There was a streak of puritanism about the Boultings.
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