"puritanism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: puritanisms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} puritanism (countable and uncountable, plural puritanisms)
  1. (theology) Strict and austere religious conduct. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Theology Translations (strict and austere religious conduct): пуританизъм (puritanizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), puritanizmus (Hungarian), пуритандық (puritandyq) (Kazakh), пуританизм (puritanizm) [masculine] (Russian), пуританство (puritanstvo) [neuter] (Russian), puritanizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), puritanstvo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), puritanismo [masculine] (Spanish), puritanism [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-puritanism-en-noun-LHrtiqn~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 71 29 Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology Disambiguation of 'strict and austere religious conduct': 98 2
  2. Extreme strictness regarding moral scruples. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-puritanism-en-noun-Kplg5RoM

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