单词	prudery
释义	prudery noun prud·​ery ˈprü-d(ə-)rē  plural pruderies 1 : the characteristic quality or state of a prude 2 : a prudish act or remark Synonyms moralism nice-nellyism prudishness puritanism See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences such prudery regarding artistic depictions of the nude has no place on a college campus Recent Examples on the Web In her frank exploration of animal vaginas, Brennan is beginning to challenge some the traces of prudery, male bias and lack of curiosity about female genitals that Darwin left behind. Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022 Populating the novel is the usual cast of characters, foremost among them the cop shop’s inimitable secretary, Agatino Catarella, who blends obsequiousness, prudery and verbal ineptitude into a patois all his own. Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021 Instead, in their misguided attempt to protect children, Jim Exon and company would export a vision of America based on fear, prudery, ignorance and oppression. Steven Levy, Wired, 29 May 2020 Even if the past has a rich erotic literature, contemporary literature is less prudish than in the past, with the exception of Russia, which has never been freed from prudery. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 The Academy was eager to give him the Oscar both to showcase its view that he had been victimized by prudery and to dunk on conservatives. Kyle Smith, National Review, 9 July 2019 Pleasure and its unfettered indulgence drove the latter, who refused to put up with the prudery of polite society. David Pagel, latimes.com, 17 Apr. 2018 See More Word History First Known Use 1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1 prudery noun as in puritanism a tendency to care a great deal about seemly behavior and morals especially in sexual matters such prudery regarding artistic depictions of the nude has no place on a college campus Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance puritanism moralism prudishness morality priggishness primness nice-nellyism priggery virtue Comstockery old-maidishness Antonyms & Near Antonyms prurience lechery libertinism libertarianism libertinage pruriency
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