Translations for „prudery“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

prudery [ˈpruːdərı] N

prudery

过分拘谨 guòfèn jūjǐn

prudery

故作正经 gù zuò zhèngjing

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English

The price principle always risks is prudery.

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Not all the tokens of this new prudery have been positive.

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The starched prudery of the age was elbowed aside by public prurience as the nation listened in to lurid tales of drunkenness and debauchery.

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I assure you that my assessment is not based on any prudery or dislike of music videos.

theconversation.com

According to the gurus of our therapeutic culture, they have been freed from unhealthy inhibitions and harmful prudery.

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Politically radical, the essays ridicule militarism, prudery, and religious intolerance.

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I soon discovered others have been frustrated at how our multicultural society's rising prudery about humour has resulted in missed opportunities for building relationships.

blogs.vancouversun.com

It is a code that is becoming ever stricter in the name of the new secular prudery.

irishcatholic.ie

A new book traces a century of legislative prudery.

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The degree of prudery understood as fearful contempt of human sexuality can vary among different cultures and traditions.

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