Examples of 'puritanism' in a sentence
Meaning of "puritanism"
puritanism (noun) - a strict religious or moral code that emphasizes self-discipline, abstinence, and the avoidance of indulgence
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- The beliefs and practices of the Puritans.
- Strict and austere religious conduct.
- Extreme strictness regarding moral scruples.
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Talk about put the puritanism to sleep.
His puritanism only lasted for a few decades.
Americans are know for their crazy puritanism.
Not because of any puritanism on my part.
I am still susceptible to this sort of puritanism.
My puritanism runs in a different way.
To your display of puritanism run amok.
The knowledge of shameful excess produces a renunciant puritanism.
Globalisation trumps puritanism even here.
Puritanism lost its momentum.
The press and a new puritanism.
This puritanism needs to stop.
I am afraid we are entering in a new puritanism era.
These people have taken puritanism to a whole other level.
This can become a form of puritanism.
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Puritanism and its derivatives provide a striking example of this.
Who could not care less about our puritanism.
Puritanism affects everything.
A naked return for puritanism.
Puritanism is never satisfied.
I detest this stupid puritanism.
My objective is to denounce puritanism in politics and the hypocrisy of those responsible.
This is not about puritanism.
Puritanism is an imprecise term.
It is certainly as dull as puritanism always is.
Puritanism was the reverse.
It is hard to see this restraint as a sign of regression towards puritanism.
Puritanism was primarily the religion of the new commercial classes.
I think we are in a period of extraordinary puritanism.
Puritanism stressed the importance of individual salvation and concern for the spiritual welfare of children.
Some call it puritanism.
We have nothing to gain from being in the game of conservatism and puritanism.
That way he can not excuse his primitivism and puritanism with a lack of technology.
Of course Puritanism has not gone away either.
American society seems to swing peculiarly between puritanism and license.
Puritanism comes from England by the first settlers.
See political puritanism.
The fanatical puritanism of the Islamists tolerates no deviation.
But these objections seem to be guided by the puritanism and not by reason.
Puritanism was rejected in Scotland as a term of abuse.
The economic consequences of this piece of misapplied fiscal puritanism are frightening enough.
The rise of Puritanism has been responsible for that.
Her reign saw the emergence of Puritanism.
Puritanism never gained a foothold among the Germans.
The third cause was the advent of Puritanism.
But Puritanism was not just the faith of merchants and artisans.
We will enter a hideous age of Puritanism.
Sport grew up through Puritanism like flowers in a macadam prison yard.
This country will never lose its Puritanism.
One of the biggest distinctives of Puritanism was that it encompassed all of life.
