prudishness

Example Sentences

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"Milton is renowned as an enemy of press censorship," Scott-Warren said, "but here we see he was not immune to prudishness."

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

Comstock ultimately became a public laughingstock for his prudishness, and the Supreme Court overturned the law’s restrictions on birth control in 1965.

From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2023

When the play premiered, its offenses against national pride and prudishness — while proclaiming his love for a local girl, Christy alludes to women’s “shifts” — prompted raucous protests.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2022

The changes have prompted biting commentary on social media from the show’s many Chinese superfans, who mocked the prudishness of censors and said the alterations reinforced gender stereotypes.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2022

Perhaps at this age we return to the prudishness we had as children.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood