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Prudery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The state or quality of being prudish.

n. An instance of prudish behavior or talk.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The condition of being prudish; prudishness

n. Prudish behaviour

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The quality or character of being prudish; extreme propriety in behavior; affected coyness or modesty; primness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. excessive or affected modesty

Word Usage

"From this professional and social high point, the swift collapse of Lawrence's reputation after his death in 1830, partly as the result of Victorian prudery, is an interesting matter of social history as much as art history."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

modestness modesty

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

stiffness coyness propriety preciousness prudishness

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

mawkishness coyness timidity sophistry unreason bashfulness supineness frivolity exaggeration sentimentality