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neopuritans

neopuritans is the plural of neopuritan.

Meaning of neopuritan

Noun

neopuritan (plural neopuritans)

  1. A modern proponent of puritanical doctrines.
    • 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 […]2010, John R. Bradley, Behind the Veil of Vice, page 73

Questions about neopuritans

What is neopuritans the plural of?
Neopuritans is the plural of neopuritan.

Words near neopuritans in the dictionary

  1. neopunk
  2. neopunks
  3. neopuritan
  4. neopuritanical
  5. neopuritanism
  6. neopuritans
  7. Neopythagorean
  8. Neopythagoreanism
  9. Neopythagoreans
  10. neoquassin
  11. neoracism

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