neopuritan

English

Etymology

neo- +‎ puritan

Noun

neopuritan (plural neopuritans)

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

     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 […]

   • 2012, Doug Casey, Totally Incorrect:

     They've declared war, of all the stupid ideas, on various plant extracts that are unpopular with the neopuritans: cocaine, marijuana, heroin, etc.

Related terms

• neopuritanical
• neopuritanism