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pu·ri·tani·cal [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪkəl] ADJ usu pej

puritanical

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She is described as not being hard and puritanical but rather having a nature-loving spirit. en.wikipedia.org

It was not puritanical; members were expected not to drink or smoke but could otherwise do as they pleased, and several exceptions to the avoidance of medicine were permitted. en.wikipedia.org

Even before religious sensibilities turned towards the puritanical, there were concerns about the lack of piety at such events. en.wikipedia.org

As an upper-class socialist he held a puritanical view of society, enforcing rationing with equal severity against all classes. en.wikipedia.org

He recently built it for five million bucks: a harsh structure for puritanical worship, a simple solid excess of concrete, white marble, and black steel. en.wikipedia.org

The club responded by adopting a more puritanical adherence to the amateur regulations, and were reinstated. en.wikipedia.org

The melodramatic moral work depicts a stern patriarch of inflexible puritanical morality casting out a fallen woman and her illegitimate baby - probably his daughter and grandchild - from his respectable house. en.wikipedia.org

They promote healing from damaging messages from strict puritanical belief systems and social stigmas that stifle one's natural sexuality. en.wikipedia.org

In modern times, few such puritanical social mores persist. en.wikipedia.org

Science fiction in particular has traditionally been a puritanical genre oriented toward a male readership. en.wikipedia.org

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