prudishness
noun [ U ] disapproving uk/ˈpruː.dɪʃ.nəs/ us/ˈpruː.dɪʃ.nəs/ (also prudery, /ˈpruː.dər.i/ /ˈpruː..dɚ.i/)
（对性问题）大惊小怪，迂腐守旧，伪善
the quality of being very easily shocked by rude things, especially by anything relating to sex
the prudishness of Victorian Britain 英国维多利亚时代对性问题的审慎
See: prude
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- I loved his simplicity and the old-fashioned prudishness that stops him even from spelling out 'hell', which he writes as 'h-l'.
- During Queen Victoria's reign, the prudishness of the day led to segregated swimming.
- It may, of course, be pure, old-fashioned prudishness that makes some women insist their men stay outside while they give birth.
- The phallus could be intended as a way of poking fun at his prudery.
- There is a parallel between Victorian prudishness and today's judgmental self-righteousness.