puritanism

See also: Puritanism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French puritanisme, equivalent to puritan +‎ -ism.

Noun

puritanism (countable and uncountable, plural puritanisms)

1. (theology) Strict and austere religious conduct.
2. 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

strict and austere religious conduct

• Bulgarian: пуританизъм m (puritanizǎm)
• Hungarian: puritanizmus (hu)
• Kazakh: пуритандық (puritandyq)
• Russian: пуританизм (ru) m (puritanizm), пуританство (ru) n (puritanstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: puritanizam (sh) m, puritanstvo (sh) n
• Spanish: puritanismo m
• Swedish: puritanism (sv) c

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French puritanisme. By surface analysis, puritan +‎ -ism.

Noun

puritanism n (uncountable)

1. Puritanism

Declension

declension of puritanism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) puritanism	puritanismul
genitive/dative	(unui) puritanism	puritanismului
vocative	puritanismule

Swedish

Noun

puritanism c

1. Puritanism
2. puritanism

Declension

Declension of puritanism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	puritanism	puritanismen	—	—
Genitive	puritanisms	puritanismens	—	—

References

• puritanism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• puritanism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• puritanism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)