Puritan

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  • n. : a puritanical person
  • adj. : acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex
    • Word Usage
    "According to this doctrine, which I call the puritan heresy, the duality resolves itself into a struggle between the spirit and the flesh."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Protestant    unpleasant person    disagreeable person    abstainer    ascetic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Quaker    sect    separatists    ascetic    nonconformist   
     
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