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prudery

noun

excessive or affected modesty

• Syn: ↑primness, ↑prudishness, ↑Grundyism

• Derivationally related forms: ↑prudish (for: ↑prudishness), ↑prim (for: ↑primness)

• Hypernyms: ↑modesty, ↑modestness

Useful english dictionary. 2012.