neopuritan
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]neopuritan (plural neopuritans)
- A modern proponent of puritanical doctrines.
- 2010, John R. Bradley, Behind the Veil of Vice, page 73:
- As the American novelist Tom Robbins once famously put it: When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free. The neopuritans, whether Islamic or feminist, seem to fear most women's independence and their right to control their own fates […]
- 2012, Doug Casey, Totally Incorrect:
- They've declared war, of all the stupid ideas, on various plant extracts that are unpopular with the neopuritans: cocaine, marijuana, heroin, etc.