Synonyms of puritanism

puritanism

noun

as in moralism

a tendency to care a great deal about seemly behavior and morals especially in sexual matters

the Victorian era was often characterized by a hypocritical puritanism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• moralism
• prudery
• prudishness
• morality
• priggishness
• primness
• nice-nellyism
• virtue
• Comstockery
• priggery
• old-maidishness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lechery
• prurience
• libertinism
• libertarianism
• pruriency
• libertinage