Meaning

1 senses

  1. One who holds puritanical attitudes.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. It's not appropriate for puritanical misanthropic.

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  2. Their religion is known to be very puritanical.

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  3. Jim appears puritanical, but it's all a facade.

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  4. My parents had a very puritanical view towards religion.

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  5. Jim's puritanical views were not well-received by his foreign acquaintances.

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Origin

From puritanic + -al.

From puritanic + -al.

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Forms

plural: puritanicals

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
puristpuritanismpurityC1purloinpurpleA1

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