prudery

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But when you strip away the social conventions from which a show’s crisis develops — prudery, repression, outerwear, what have you — you leave the action unmotivated and unmoored.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Populating the novel is the usual cast of characters, foremost among them the cop shop’s inimitable secretary, Agatino Catarella, who blends obsequiousness, prudery and verbal ineptitude into a patois all his own.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

My objection isn’t rooted in prudery but in artistic tact.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2019

But along with prurience and prudery, there’s outright oddness, too.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2014

"Madeleine" ought to do something to clear away the mist in minds which confuse prudery and virtue.

From Seeing Things at Night by Broun, Heywood