Rectitudinarian

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who has a high standard of rectitude

    "William Logan, a critical rectitudinarian, called Seidel a “name dropper” whose books trade in “jet-set tastes and upmarket sinning.”"

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"William Logan, a critical rectitudinarian, called Seidel a “name dropper” whose books trade in “jet-set tastes and upmarket sinning.”"

Etymology

From rectitude + -in- + -arian.

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