| 单词 | puritan ethic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPuritan ethic Puritan ethic n. a belief in the value of self-discipline and hard work; cf. Protestant work ethic n. at Protestant n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > work ethic Puritan ethic1903 work ethic1945 1903 J. M. Robertson Ess. in Ethics 45 These samples of what Protestant morality can attain to, of what the Puritan ethic can putrefy down to, when deprived of..fresh reason and new science. 1913 J. London Valley of Moon II. xix. 296 She shared with Billy his horror of debt, just as both shared it with that early tide of pioneers with a Puritan ethic, which had settled the West. 1972 C. Weston Poor, Poor Ophelia (1973) v. 28 He beamed good cheer and the puritan ethic—work for the night is falling. 2002 Contemp. Sociol. 31 401/1 A careful examination of the interface of the Puritan ethic and the U.S. value of individualism explains..some of these ironies of U.S. life. < as lemmas |
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