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Synonyms for "prudishness" in English

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prudishness:
- primness; Grundyism; prudery; prudishness
prudish:
- prudish
- prudish; prim

English

Detailed Synonyms for prudishness in English

prudishness:

prudishness [the ~] nom

the prudishness

– excessive or affected modesty ¹
the primness; the Grundyism; the prudery; the prudishness
– excessive or affected modesty ¹
- primness [the ~] nom
- Grundyism [the ~] nom
- prudery [the ~] nom
- prudishness [the ~] nom

Alternate Synonyms for "prudishness":

primness; prudery; Grundyism; modesty; modestness

Related Definitions for "prudishness":

excessive or affected modesty¹

prudish:

prudish adj

prudish
prudish
- prudish adj

prudish

prudish
prudish; prim
- prudish
- prim

Related Words for "prudish":

prudishness, prudishly

Alternate Synonyms for "prudish":

priggish; prim; prissy; puritanical; square-toed; straitlaced; strait-laced; straightlaced; straight-laced; tight-laced; victorian; proper

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University