neopuritan means A modern proponent of puritanical doctrines. It carries an Arena rating of 1325, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, neopuritan ranks #4,256 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #7,426 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #8,632 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #8,884 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words.
Why “neopuritan” is a great word
NEOPURITAN — [Noun] A modern advocate of austere moral codes that echo the rigid discipline of historical Puritanism. From the combining form neo- ("new, modern, revived") + puritan ("a member of a 16th- and 17th-century Protestant group advocating strict religious discipline, or a person of rigorous moral austerity"). Unlike a "puritan," a figure anchored in that specific historical movement, or a "neocalvinist," whose focus is a renewed theological system, the neopuritan is defined by a revived zeal for behavioral policing. It is the censorious gleam in the eye of a digital scold, the clinical chill of a community governed by purity tests, and the scent of vinegar used to scrub away any trace of joyful mess—a new asceticism, born not in wilderness meeting-houses but in the spotless corridors of online virtue, where condemnation provides a cold and threadbare comfort.
Etymology
From neo- + puritan.
noun
- A modern proponent of puritanical doctrines.
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