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prudishness

NOUN
puritanism
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Prudishness and discomfort blossom into gorgeous human comedy.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2016

They set these abstractions up in an English country house, and arrange a match against Stagnation, Snobbishness, the Status Quo, Prudishness and Decay.

From Time Magazine Archive




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