adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Americans tend to be more puritanical than Europeans.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He became more puritanical , searching my room and handbag regularly.
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If anything, pentecostals are generally viewed as being more puritanical than other women, not more promiscuous.
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It was perhaps no wonder that he reacted against the spartan, puritanical environment of Potsdam.
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LaLanne had added a new dimension to the diet gurus' puritanical quest for spiritual salvation through the body: exercise.
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Money is the root of all evil, dictates the puritanical thought of the Old Age.
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The attitude many people have toward abortion is part of what Moore calls a puritanical streak in the United States.
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They figure this was a puritanical overreaction to a handful of innocent pictures and claim it raises the chilling specter of censorship.
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This puritanical , megalithic masonry was the chosen style of Muhammed bin Tughluk.