puritanism

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French puritanisme, equivalent to puritan +‎ -ism. === Noun === puritanism (countable and uncountable, plural puritanisms) (theology) Strict and austere religious conduct. Extreme strictness regarding moral scruples. 2016 October 17, Vicky Spratt, "Work Hard, Work Hard:Meet The Neo-Puritans", Graziadaily.co[1] Some have argued that the closure of Fabric is symptomatic of a wider shift towards a new puritanism in Britain: a culture in which fun, hedonism and cultural experimentation are no longer valued. ==== Translations ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French puritanisme. By surface analysis, puritan +‎ -ism. === Noun === puritanism n (uncountable) Puritanism ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === puritanism c Puritanism puritanism ==== Declension ==== === References === “puritanism”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “puritanism”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “puritanism”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)