Puritan

Definitions

1. A puritanical person.
   derogatory, usually
2. A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.

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Examples

“These new puritans have⟳ turned out to be surprisingly unskilled and inexperienced - very different from my generation who invented wife-swapping, orgies and free love⟳ in the late Sixties and early Seventies.”

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