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单词 prudishness
释义
prudishness
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n

WORD FAMILY
prudish: prudishest, prudishly, prudishness+/prude: prudery, prudes, prudish/prudery: pruderies
USAGE EXAMPLES
But, while prudishness is often associated with the pilgrims, the most consequential American obscenity laws didn’t get passed until late in the game.
Time(Jun 21, 2016)
And accusations of prudishness and hypocrisy won’t stick to him.
Wall Street Journal(May 25, 2016)
They swore that Mr. Thomas treated women with respect, nurtured their careers and was proper to the point of prudishness at work.
Wall Street Journal(Apr 17, 2016)
n excessive or affected modesty
Syn|Hyper
Grundyism, primness, prudery
modestness, modesty
freedom from vanity or conceit
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