"prudishness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prudishnesses [plural]
Etymology: prudish + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prudish|ness}} prudish + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} prudishness (usually uncountable, plural prudishnesses)
  1. The condition of being prudish; prudery Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: prudery, erotophobia, antisexuality Translations (condition of being prudish; prudery): фалшива скромност (falšiva skromnost) (Bulgarian), sippethed [common-gender] (Danish), snerperi [neuter] (Danish), Prüderie [feminine] (German), pruderia [feminine] (Polish), pruderyjność [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-prudishness-en-noun-x92JLwmM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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