bluenoses
Self-righteous moralists
Bluenoses are people who are prudish or excessively moralistic, especially those who want to restrict others' pleasures or censor what they consider indecent: The bluenoses want to ban the book from school libraries.
The term suggests self-righteous disapproval of drinking, sex, or entertainment.
Separately, Bluenose with a capital B is a nickname for a Nova Scotian.
Overly modest people
- prigsSelf-righteous moralizers
- strait-lacedExcessively proper and strict
- primAffectedly proper and stiff
- properSocially appropriate
stuffy · prissy · squeamish · Victorian · old-fashioned · uptight · repressed · inhibited
Those who evaluate work
- censorsThose who suppress content
- faultfindersPeople who criticize constantly
- scoldsHarshly criticizes aloud
- nitpickersCritics of trivial flaws
busybodies · watchdogs · morality police · disapprovers · condemners · denouncers · reproachers · castigators
prudes
Overly modest people
- prigsSelf-righteous moralizers
- strait-lacedExcessively proper and strict
- primAffectedly proper and stiff
proper · stuffy · prissy · squeamish · Victorian · old-fashioned · uptight · repressed · inhibited · narrow-minded
critics
Those who evaluate work
- censorsThose who suppress content
- faultfindersPeople who criticize constantly
- scoldsHarshly criticizes aloud
nitpickers · busybodies · watchdogs · morality police · disapprovers · condemners · denouncers · reproachers · castigators · judgmental
- reformersreformers, reformer, social reformers, social reformer, political reformer
bluenoseslibertines
Morally dissolute individuals
hedonists · sensualists · free spirits · sybarites · debauchees
bluenosesfun-lovers
Those seeking enjoyment
merrymakers · revelers · decadents · aesthetes · hipsters