puritanical
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
Related & opposite
- Puritanism derivation
- Puritanism pertains to
- puritan pertains to
Sense 2 adjective
exaggeratedly proper
my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
Related & opposite
- priggishness derivation
- primness derivation
- prude derivation
- proper similar to
Sense 3 adjective
morally rigorous and strict
the puritan work ethic
Related & opposite
- Puritanism derivation
- prude derivation
- puritan derivation
- nonindulgent similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | Puritanism |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | Puritanism |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | puritan |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | priggishness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | primness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prude |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | proper |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | Puritanism |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prude |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | puritan |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonindulgent |