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(often disapproving) A puritanical person.

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Source Word

puritan

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpjʊɹɪtən/

disapproving often

(often disapproving) A puritanical person.

Japanese Meaning

厳格な道徳観を持ち、禁欲的で自己規律に厳しい人 / ピューリタン（厳格な社会的・宗教的規範を重んじる人）

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The committee dismissed her as a puritan for criticizing the museum's modern exhibit.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その委員会は、彼女が美術館の現代展を批判したことで彼女を禁欲主義者だと切り捨てた。

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(often disapproving) A puritanical person.

These new puritans have turned out to be surprisingly unskilled and inexperienced - very different from my generation who invented wife-swapping, orgies and free love in the late Sixties and early Seventies.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

puritans

（ plural ）

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