Puritanism

[Dave Paprocki]

Commonly refers to an old fashioned Christian movement which was common into colonial times.

According to H. L. Mencken, The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

[Vania]

The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy

[Dianne]

The beliefs or principles of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.