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prudery
noun
(prud-er-y)
excessive or affected modesty
Synonyms:
grundyism
,
primness
,
prudishness
,
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prudery
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prudishness
,
primness
,
grundyism
,
puritanism
,
prurience
,
priggishness
,
libertinism
,
philistinism
,
pompousness
,
snobbery
,
snobbishness
,
sanctimony
,
fustiness
,
bashfulness
,
puritan
,
misogyny
,
squeamishness
,
male chauvinism
,
political correctness
,
effeminacy
,
moralism
,
sanctimoniousness
,
conformism
,
hypocrisy
,
snobbism
,
traditionalism
,
sexlessness
,
infantilism
,
dandyism
,
anglophilia
,
bohemianism
,
kinkiness
,
provocativeness
,
prudes
,
impersonality
,
tawdriness
,
conventionality
,
uptightness
,
puerility
,
superciliousness
,
decadence
,
androgyny
,
dowdiness
,
unworldliness
,
fatuousness
,
harlotry
,
bluestocking
,
vulgarization
,
vacuousness
,
exhibitionism
,
ghastliness
,
virtuousness
,
naughtiness
,
cliquishness
,
blatancy
,
womanliness
,
popery
,
carnality
,
blitheness
,
animality
,
gaucherie
,
obtuseness
,
unconventionality
,
suggestiveness
,
garrulousness
,
idealization
,
idealisation
,
pusillanimity
,
solipsism
,
condescension
,
historicism
,
servility
,
lechery
,
illiberalism
,
postfeminist
,
banality
,
superficiality
,
auteurism
,
erotophobia
,
crabbiness
,
steaminess
,
cynicism
,
misandry
,
perversity
,
vapidity
,
ritualism
,
fetishism
,
immoderation
,
sybarite
,
salaciousness
,
neurosis
,
grotesquerie
,
scholasticism
,
unnaturalness
,
reification
,
absurdness
,
diabolism
,
weepiness
,
puniness
,
sheepishness
,
prudery
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