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单词 neopuritan
释义

neopuritan

English

Etymology

neo- + puritan

Noun

neopuritan (plural neopuritans)

  1. A modern proponent of puritanical doctrines.
    • 2010, John R. Bradley, Behind the Veil of Vice (page 73)
      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 []
    • 2012, Doug Casey, Totally Incorrect
      They've declared war, of all the stupid ideas, on various plant extracts that are unpopular with the neopuritans: cocaine, marijuana, heroin, etc.
  • neopuritanical
  • neopuritanism
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