prudishness
Example Sentences
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"Milton is renowned as an enemy of press censorship," Scott-Warren said, "but here we see he was not immune to prudishness."
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
Comstock ultimately became a public laughingstock for his prudishness, and the Supreme Court overturned the law’s restrictions on birth control in 1965.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 28, 2023
An off-putting prudishness pervades the show; what’s the point of following New York’s most uptight singles?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2022
To scorn dance now is to join in a centuries-old prudishness and closed-mindedness that overlooks movement’s blessings and charms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2020
Perhaps at this age we return to the prudishness we had as children.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
