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puritanical::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian |
| Derivation | puritan |
puritanical:: | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | puritanism |
Examples of puritanical
puritanical
She herself was like an impregnable virgin, though not puritanical or squeamish.
From the time.com
Meanwhile, Richard Bame, a puritanical Brownist, has accused Marlowe of atheism.
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Saudi Arabia's puritanical Wahhabi interpretation is considered its forerunner.
From the washingtontimes.com
In its early years this newspaper took a very robust, even puritanical, attitude.
From the independent.co.uk
It's like all those other moral crusades, led by pious and puritanical tyrants.
From the guardian.co.uk
Residents of Gimry say they adhere to Salafism, a puritanical form of Sunni Islam.
From the economist.com
I just don't get the uptight puritanical idea that wearing underwear is wrong.
From the ocregister.com
She wasn't abused, but she grew up in a puritanical, extremely religious home.
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Since he became prime minister, those values have looked increasingly puritanical.
From the economist.com
- Of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
- Priggish: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
- Blue(a): morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
- The Puritans were a significant grouping of English-speaking Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1559, as an activist movement within the Church of England. ...
