prudishness
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˈpruː.dɪʃ.nəs/us/ˈpruː.dɪʃ.nəs/(alsoprudery,uk/ˈpruː.dər.i/us/ˈpruː..dɚ.i/)thequalityof being veryeasilyshockedbyrudethings,especiallyby anythingrelatingtosex:
（对性问题）大惊小怪，迂腐守旧，伪善the prudishness ofVictorianBritain英国维多利亚时代对性问题的审慎
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prude
- Ilovedhissimplicityand theold-fashionedprudishness thatstopshimevenfromspellingout 'hell', which he writes as 'h-l'.
- During Queen Victoria'sreign, the prudishness of thedayledtosegregatedswimming.
- It may, ofcourse, bepure,old-fashionedprudishness that makes some womeninsisttheirmenstayoutsidewhile they givebirth.
- Thephalluscould beintendedas a way ofpokingfunat his prudery.
- There is aparallelbetweenVictorianprudishness and today'sjudgmentalself-righteousness.
Narrow-minded
- be set inyourwaysidiom
- be wearing blindersidiom
- be wearing blinkersidiom
- blinder
- blinker
- blinkered
- closed-minded
- intolerantly
- myopia
- myopic
- narrow-minded
- narrow-mindedness
- non-thinking
- parochial
- prissy
- prude
- prudish
- prudishly
- short-sightedly
- tunnel vision