Neopuritan
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A modern proponent of puritanical doctrines.
"As the American novelist Tom Robbins once famously put it: When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free. The neopuritans, whether Islamic or feminist, seem to fear most women's independence and their right to control their own fates […]"
Example
More examples"As the American novelist Tom Robbins once famously put it: When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free. The neopuritans, whether Islamic or feminist, seem to fear most women's independence and their right to control their own fates […]"
Etymology
From neo- + puritan.
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