puritanism

See also: Puritanism

English

Noun

puritanism (countable and uncountable, plural puritanisms)

(theology) Strict and austere religious conduct.
Extreme strictness regarding moral scruples.
- 2016 October 17, Vicky Spratt, "Work Hard, Work Hard:Meet The Neo-Puritans", Graziadaily.co
  Some have argued that the closure of Fabric is symptomatic of a wider shift towards a new puritanism in Britian: a culture in which fun, hedonism and cultural experimentation are no longer valued.

Translations

strict and austere religious conduct

Hungarian: puritanizmus (hu)
Russian: пуританизм (ru) m (puritanizm), пуританство (ru) n (puritanstvo)
Serbo-Croatian: puritanizam (sh) m, puritanstvo (sh) n

Spanish: puritanismo m
Swedish: puritanism (sv) c

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