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I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical.
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Meaning of "puritanical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PURITANICAL

puritanical  [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURITANICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Puritanical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PURITANICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

puritanical

Puritan

The Puritans were a group of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries, including, but not limited to, English Calvinists. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England. In modern times, the word 'puritan' is often used to mean 'against pleasure'. Historically, the word was used pejoratively to characterise the Protestant group as extremists, similar to the Cathars of France and, according to Thomas Fuller in his Church History, dated back to 1564. Archbishop Matthew Parker of that time used it and "precisian" with the sense of the modern "stickler". Puritans were blocked from changing the established church from within, and were severely restricted in England by laws controlling the practice of religion. Their views, however, were transported by the emigration of congregations to the Netherlands, and by evangelical clergy to Ireland, and were spread into lay society and parts of the educational system, particularly certain colleges of the University of Cambridge.

Definition of puritanical in the English dictionary

The definition of puritanical in the dictionary is strict in moral or religious outlook, esp in shunning sensual pleasures. Other definition of puritanical is of or relating to a puritan or the Puritans.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURITANICAL


aeromechanical
ˌɛərəʊmɪˈkænɪkəl
biomechanical
ˌbaɪəʊmɪˈkænɪkəl
botanical
ˌbəˈtænɪkəl
Brahmanical
ˌbrɑːˈmænɪkəl
electromechanical
ɪˌlɛktrəʊmɪˈkænɪkəl
galvanical
ɡælˈvænɪkəl
geobotanical
ˌdʒiːəʊbəˈtænɪkəl
hydromechanical
ˌhaɪdrəʊmɪˈkænɪkəl
mechanical
mɪˈkænɪkəl
nonmechanical
ˌnɒnmɪˈkænɪkəl
palaeobotanical
ˌpælɪəʊbəˈtænɪkəl
panicle
ˈpænɪkəl
pannicle
ˈpænɪkəl
pannikel
ˈpænɪkəl
photomechanical
ˌfəʊtəʊmɪˈkænɪkəl
sanicle
ˈsænɪkəl
satanical
səˈtænɪkəl
tetanical
təˈtænɪkəl
tyrannical
tɪˈrænɪkəl
unmechanical
ˌʌnmɪˈkænɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURITANICAL

purifies
purify
Purim
purin
purine
purine base
puriri
purism
purist
puristic
puristical
puristically
puritan
puritanic
puritanically
puritanicalness
puritanise
puritanism
puritanize
purity

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURITANICAL

arsenical
biotechnical
canonical
chemical
chronical
clinical
conical
cynical
dominical
ecumenical
electrotechnical
ethnical
ethnobotanical
finical
geotechnical
nonclinical
polytechnical
preclinical
subclinical
technical
Xenical

Synonyms and antonyms of puritanical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PURITANICAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «puritanical» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of puritanical

Translation of «puritanical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURITANICAL

Find out the translation of puritanical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of puritanical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «puritanical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有严格道德原则的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puritano
570 millions of speakers

English

puritanical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتزمت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пуританский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

puritano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আচারনিষ্ঠ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

puritain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Puritanical
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

puritanisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厳格な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엄격한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Puritanical
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khăt khe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகவும் கண்டிப்பாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शुद्धिकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

püriten
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

puritano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

purytańskie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пуританський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

puritană
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πουριτανική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

puriteinse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

puritanical
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

puritanske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puritanical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURITANICAL»

The term «puritanical» is normally little used and occupies the 113.399 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURITANICAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about puritanical

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7 QUOTES WITH «PURITANICAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word puritanical.
1
James Buchan
Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.
2
Lord Melbourne
Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical.
3
Kate Millett
We're more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more strict puritanical code of behavior than men ever have.
4
Kenneth Oppel
I'm cursed with this puritanical streak that makes me want everything to be about something. It's a terrible affliction.
5
Mark Ruffalo
We're warriors, this culture, and we're very puritanical about sex and very embracing about violence and I don't know why that is.
6
Tom Selleck
I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical.
7
Youssef Ziedan
Religion provides us with a puritanical dream, which can never be realized because it goes against human nature.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURITANICAL»

Discover the use of puritanical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puritanical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Messianism and Puritanical Reform: Mahdīs of the Muslim West
This book is a valuable contribution to the study of messianism and millenarianism in the history of Muslim Spain and pre-Modern Morocco presented in a broader framework of research on Muslim eschatological beliefs and Islamic ideas on ...
Mercedes García-Arenal, 2006
2
A History of the American and Puritanical Family of Sutliff ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Samuel Milton Sutliff, 2010
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Disorders of Personality: Introducing a DSM/ICD Spectrum ...
Puritanical Compulsive Personality Disorder The puritanical compulsive is typified by an austere, self-righteous, highly controlled, but deeply conflictful conformity to the conventions of propriety and authority. The intense anger and resentment ...
Theodore Millon, 2011
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Personality Disorders in Modern Life
PURITANICAL. COMPULSIVE. As originally emphasized by analytic authors (e.g. , Rado, 1959) and later expanded by objectrelations and interpersonal theorists, all compulsives experience a deep ambivalence between obedience and ...
Theodore Millon, Carrie M. Millon, Sarah Meagher, 2012
5
Contemporary Developments in Indonesian Islam: Explaining ...
Islamic orthodoxy, and its orientation continues to be a moderate one, but it has undergone a shift towards more puritanical and strictly literalist interpretations of the faith during the last decade. This is part of what Van Bruinessen has called ...
Martin van Bruinessen, 2013
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
There was no such thing as an adulteress anymore, she told herself— W ouk) < had become so serious, so prudish almost, since she had given up balls and taken to visiting the poor— W harton) Puritanical, often capitalized, may refer ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Mercenaries: The History of a Norm in International Relations
Continued. International. Hostility. to. Private. Force: Puritanical. Norms. PMCs were only used in three cases, by peripheral and desperate states, and were dogged by accusations that reinforced the norm against mercenary use. Moreover, we ...
Sarah Percy, 2007
8
The Origin and Evolution of Cultures
The horizontal axis plots p, the unstable equilibrium that separates the domains of attraction of all puritanical and tolerant equilibria in isolated groups. The shaded areas give the combinations of m/a and p that lead to the spread of the ...
Los Angeles Robert Boyd Professor of Anthropology University of California, Davis Peter J. Richerson Professor of Environmental Science and Policy University of California, 2004
9
The worthies of Westmorland: or, notable persons born in ...
... by example, teach other ways. In a word (according to his best Biographer, David Lloyd) he had puritanical parents, a puritanical schoolmaster, a puritanical college tutor : he lived in puritanical times, and died a puritanical Bishop. From this ...
George Atkinson (serjeant-at-law.), 1849
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Eat with Joy: Redeeming God's Gift of Food
Filled with practical insights and some tasty recipes, this book provides a Christian journey into the delight of eating. Come to the table, partake of the Bread of Life—and eat with joy.
Rachel Marie Stone, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURITANICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term puritanical is used in the context of the following news items.
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Politics and the puritanical
Politics and the puritanical. Islam's most conservative adherents are finding that politics is hard. But it beats the alternative. Jun 27th 2015 | ALEXANDRIA AND ... «The Economist, Jun 15»
2
Not Your Typical Woman: 'Salem' pits powerful witches against …
Mary Sibley, the show's protagonist, is a woman who endured a lifetime of Puritanical hardship. In response to losing her love interest John Alden to war, she ... «College Heights Herald, Apr 15»
3
Drinking Laws in Massachusetts Aren't Puritanical — They're Worse
From the very moment the first colonists set foot on the land that would become America, our country has been inundated with thirsty settlers. This nation was ... «Boston.com, Apr 15»
4
Little Big Town's 'Girl Crush' rankles puritanical country radio
Before reading the following paragraphs about Little Big Town's “controversial” country song “Girl Crush," it'd probably be a good idea to read the lyrics while ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
5
Fifty Shades of Grey Isn't Dirty, It's Puritanical
Even fans of Fifty Shades of Grey admit the book is a literary atrocity. Novelist E.L. James' erotic reveries read like the rantings of a drunk yokel — less "His firm ... «LA Weekly, Feb 15»
6
Puritanical progressives insufferably oppressive
So anyway, New York magazine's Jonathan Chait recently caused an uproar on the left by pointing out how many sanctimonious, puritanical progressives ... «Chicago Sun-Times - Breaking News, Feb 15»
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Lena Dunham calls America 'too puritanical' and Woody Allen 'a perv'
'In some ways America is at its most puritanical,' said Dunham in response to a question regarding some of the reactions Girls has received. 'The fact is people ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
8
James Gill: Anti-smoking movement gets puritanical
An ordinance before the New Orleans City Council that would ban smoking in bars and open public spaces may follow the national trend, but that just shows that ... «The Advocate, Dec 14»
9
Puritanical Porn Condom Battle Heads to Nevada
Sized like Starbucks Coffee for your ego gratification. Credit: trec_lit / photo on flickrHaving driven porn production out of Los Angeles—or more likely ... «Reason, Aug 14»
10
Stephen Sondheim Blames 'Puritanical Ethics' on Disney 'Into the …
Concerns that Stephen Sondheim's subversive fairy-tale redo “Into the Woods” might get a Disney makeover when the House of Mouse mounted the big-screen ... «TheWrap, Jun 14»

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