Prudery
Prudery noun - A tendency to care a great deal about seemly behavior and morals especially in sexual matters.
Usage example: such prudery regarding artistic depictions of the nude has no place on a college campus
Prudishness is a synonym for prudery in primness topic. In some cases you can use "Prudishness" instead a noun "Prudery".
Prudishness
Prudishness noun - A tendency to care a great deal about seemly behavior and morals especially in sexual matters.
Usage example: the prudishness of the people of the Victorian era was a hindrance to the dissemination of some basic information on human health and hygiene
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- delicacy and prudery
- delicacy and prudishness
- virtue and prudery
- virtue and prudishness
- reserve and prudery
- reserve and prudishness
- narrowness and prudery
- narrowness and prudishness
- stuffiness and prudery
- stuffiness and prudishness
- modesty and prudery
- modesty and prudishness
- coyness and prudery
- coyness and prudishness
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