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puritanical

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[ US /ˌpjʊɹəˈtænɪkəɫ/ ]
[ UK /pjˌʊɹɪtˈænɪkə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
  2. morally rigorous and strict
    puritanic distaste for alcohol
    she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
    blue laws
  3. exaggeratedly proper
    my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

How To Use puritanical In A Sentence

  • Sleeping Beauty is one of those art-house films that has a puritanical dislike for entertainment or simple cinematic pleasures. Times, Sunday Times
  • They are no longer puritanical and oriented to obeying an authoritarian God.
  • Veronica has no regard for puritanical ideologies or passively sexless females in her quest for self-realization through sexual freedom.
  • Not only is his play anti-puritanical, but it recognizes without censoriousness the strength of the sexual urge and the intense pleasure it offers.
  • People dont like these kind of pictures , it offends them specially the so called puritanical Muslims..but show them the pictures of the havoc on Iraqi streets , the jehhadi attacks, limbless bodies, they wont find fault with it, as all this spiritual terrorism against Humanity is condoned for the greater glory of Misguided Martydom and radical Islam.. 2008 February 20 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1
  • The hero, as such, played by Edward Woodward, is a rather prissy, puritanical character, and a devout Christian.
  • That puritanical attitude often carries with it a lot of hypocrisy.
  • It may or may not be dangerous depending on how puritanically the dogma part is enforced or implemented.
  • Temperance was inspired by evangelical Christianity and puritanical moralism.
  • she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
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