puritan

as in moralist
a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters some of the town's puritans still maintain that sex education has no place in the schools

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“Puritan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puritan. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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