| 单词 | Puritanism |
| 释义 | Puritanism (once / 4513 pages) n WORD FAMILY Puritanism: Puritanisms+/Puritan: Puritanism, Puritans USAGE EXAMPLESAspects of his extreme Puritanism, writes Sarah Jones, have fallen out of fashion. Los Angeles Times(Oct 31, 2016) Mencken defined Puritanism as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” Washington Times(Oct 21, 2016) Often, racial Puritanism combined with evolutionary science to lurid effect. The New Yorker(Aug 17, 2016) 1n the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects) Hyper Protestantism the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation 2n strictness and austerity in conduct and religion Hyper sternness, strictness uncompromising resolution |
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