"prudery" meaning in English

See prudery in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹuːdəɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-prudery.wav Forms: pruderies [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1709. prude + -ery and from French pruderie. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|1709}} 1709, {{etydate|1709}} First attested in 1709, {{suffix|en|prude|ery}} prude + -ery, {{uder|en|fr|pruderie}} French pruderie Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prudery (countable and uncountable, plural pruderies)
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being prudish; prudishness Tags: uncountable Translations (condition of being prudish; prudishness): фалшива скромност (falšiva skromnost) (Bulgarian), sippethed [common-gender] (Danish), snerperi [neuter] (Danish), Prüderie [feminine] (German), prüdéria (Hungarian), pruderia [feminine] (Polish), pruderyjność [feminine] (Polish), pudor [masculine] (Portuguese), iffet (Turkish), iffetçilik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-prudery-en-noun-ggGKHr69 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ery, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'condition of being prudish; prudishness': 94 6
  2. (countable) Prudish behaviour Tags: countable Translations (prudish behaviour): preutsheid (Dutch), Prüderie [feminine] (German), prüdéria (Hungarian), pruderia [feminine] (Polish), pruderyjność [feminine] (Polish), iffetçilik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-prudery-en-noun-A~b5f-vl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 45 55 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'prudish behaviour': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prudishness, erotophobia, antisexuality

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