Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for puritanism. Search instead for puritanisms.
Definitions

puritanism

[pyoor-i-tn-iz-uhm] / ˈpyʊər ɪ tnˌɪz əm /
NOUN
austerity
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

By then, Deacon Chapin was dead, although Puritanism wasn’t yet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

He might have vanished into Boston history were it not for the British, who spectacularly and catastrophically failed to understand what made Massachusetts citizens, forged by an independent version of Puritanism, tick.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2022

Bob found the thread connecting these giants of America’s tumultuous, formative years “in their pluralism, in their liberation from Puritanism, in their respect for mind.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2020

Nor were his counterparts in the New World, where Puritanism found space to thrive.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2020

Puritanism is the most masculine form that Christianity has yet assumed.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole