Social Puritism

An economic type in which all necessities are provided by the government for free while luxuries must be purchased by the individual. Social puritism resembles social capitalism in some ways but the market and companies are much more regulated to ensure they cannot exploit workers or consumers. On the left-right economic spectrum, social puritism falls under center-left to left depending on the implementation whereas social capitalism is center.

Origin: Created by Zenno Shugunou due to him not being in favor of any economic types at the time. The "Social" part comes from "Socialism" and "Social Capitalism" while the "Puritism" part refers to the system resembling a version of social capitalism that has been purged of its evils.

Under social puritism, no one ever went hungry.

by Shugunou June 24, 2023

Queer Puritanist

A phenomenon wherein self-described leftwing, queer, and LGBT "allies" condemn and demonize heterosexual fan service for normal people while maintaining explicit double standards for homosexual, trans, and female-oriented fanservice. Such individuals will often engage in gaslighting tactics, equating physically attractive female characters to pornography or maintain that ugly female characters are better because of "realism", even in otherwise fantastical settings and despite the fact that much of fiction is meant to be a form of escapism. This is a bizarro mirror image of conservative Christian puritanism that such groups often found themselves opposed to in previous decades when they campaigned for sexual liberation.

"OMG, what do you care what Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man 2 looks like? Shut up, you're a porn-brained incel."
"You have pronouns and pride flags in your twitter bio and your likes are full of futa, why are you such a queer puritanist?"

by JD_543975834 December 27, 2023

Literary Puritan

Someone who detests the alteration of authored works, regardless of the reasoning. An individual with an inherent belief that the author's original intent should always be respected and preserved.

Amazon recently released a new Lord of the Ring series, which they heavily altered from Tolkein's work to make it representative of 'modern' audiences, as a literary puritan, Tolkein would be turning in his grave.

by Muttemor March 5, 2024

Smadzeņu pūviens

Brainrot in latvian

elza un zanda is smadzeņu pūviens

by zandatrons un bbg June 1, 2024

Legal Purity

The obsessive enforcement of a singular, "uncorrupted" vision of legal process or principle, often at the expense of practical justice or mercy. It manifests as a refusal to accept plea bargains ("a pure trial or nothing"), dismissing valid cases over minor procedural technicalities, or attacking colleagues for "impure" reasoning that deviates from ideological orthodoxy. The legally pure prioritize the sanctity of their ideal system over the system's function in resolving real-world conflicts, creating a sterile, perfect, and often cruel bureaucracy.

Example: "The prosecutor's legal purity was infamous. He'd rather lose a case than offer a deal, calling plea bargains 'a contaminant of true justice.' He once had a key murder weapon suppressed because the warrant used the wrong shade of blue ink, declaring 'procedural purity is more important than a verdict.' The victims' families called him a monster with a law degree."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Scientific Purity

The obsessive focus on methodological rigor and ideological alignment within science to the point of expelling or silencing legitimate questions that come from "impure" sources or use unconventional approaches. It values the aesthetic of correctness—peer review, specific jargon, institutional affiliation—over the messy, sometimes heretical, process of discovery. It's the bureaucratization of wonder.

Example: "The journal's scientific purity board rejected the groundbreaking paper because the researcher was an amateur without a PhD, and he'd used a homemade apparatus. The data was solid, but the provenance wasn't pure. They prioritized credentialism over the cultivation of knowledge."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Atheistic Purity

The policing of atheist and secular communities to expel any member or idea deemed "impure"—like those who find value in religious ritual, engage with theology seriously, or advocate for coalition-building with moderate believers. It creates a orthodoxy where atheism must be militant, anti-theist, and devoid of any spiritual language, punishing deviation as "cultural Christianity" or "apostasy."

Example: "The online forum enforced atheistic purity. A member was banned for saying she enjoyed meditation at a Buddhist temple for the peace it brought. The mods declared her a 'spiritualist contaminant' and purged her posts. Their community wasn't about free thought; it was about ideological hygiene."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026