puritan
[noun]
Synonyms:
- moralist, fanatic, prude, rigorist, zealot
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- strict, ascetic, austere, moralistic, narrow-minded, prudish, severe, strait-laced

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pu‧ri‧tan /ˈpjʊərətən, ˈpjʊərɪtən $ ˈpjʊr-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin; Origin: puritas 'purity', from Latin purus; ⇒ pure]

1. someone with strict moral views who thinks that pleasure is unnecessary and wrong

2. Puritan a member of a Protestant religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries, who wanted to make religion simpler
—puritan adjective:
the Puritan work ethic

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