Jansenism
noun
Jan·sen·ism ˈjan(t)-sə-ˌni-zəm 
1
: a system of doctrine based on moral determinism, defended by various reformist factions among 17th and 18th century western European Roman Catholic clergy, religious, and scholars, and condemned as heretical by papal authority
2
: a puritanical attitude (as toward sex)
Jansenist
ˈjan(t)-sə-nist
noun Jansenistic
ˌjan(t)-sə-ˈni-stik
adjective 
Word History
Etymology
French jansénisme, from Cornelis Jansen
First Known Use
circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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