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Prudishness

noun
1.
Excessive or affected modesty.  Synonyms: Grundyism, primness, prudery.





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... experienced in America. At this period the Virginia capital was the gayest city in the Union, and famous for its abundant hospitality, rather facile manners, and the liberal tendency of its religious thought. Gallatin brought no prudishness and no orthodoxy in his Genevese baggage. One of the last acts of his life was to recognize in graceful and touching words the kindness he ...
— Albert Gallatin - American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII • John Austin Stevens
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Words linked to "Prudishness" :   prudish, modestness, prudery, modesty, Grundyism


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