prudishness

"Milton is renowned as an enemy of press censorship," Scott-Warren said, "but here we see he was not immune to prudishness."

When the play premiered, its offenses against national pride and prudishness — while proclaiming his love for a local girl, Christy alludes to women’s “shifts” — prompted raucous protests.

That early prudishness proved surprisingly resilient in the 20th century.

The changes have prompted biting commentary on social media from the show’s many Chinese superfans, who mocked the prudishness of censors and said the alterations reinforced gender stereotypes.

An off-putting prudishness pervades the show; what’s the point of following New York’s most uptight singles?