prudishness
English Thesaurus
1. excessive or affected modesty (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | modestness, modesty, |
| definition | : | freedom from vanity or conceit (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian, |
| definition | : | exaggeratedly proper (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee, |
| definition | : | affectedly dainty or refined (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian, |
| definition | : | exaggeratedly proper (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee, |
| definition | : | affectedly dainty or refined (adj.all) |
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