Translations for „prurience“ in the English » German Dictionary

pru·ri·ence [ˈprʊəriən(t)s, Am ˈprʊr-] N no pl pej form (obsession)

prurience with sexual matters

Lüsternheit f

prurience with unpleasantness

Abartigkeit f

prurience with unpleasantness

Perversität f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It just speaks to a broader freedom that people feel like they have - a prurience.

entertainment.ie

And it is not just prurience that is fed by this voyeurisim.

ottawacitizen.com

What passes for the public interest in those newsrooms is, for the most part, simple prurience.

www.thestar.com

But 2016, observers argue, is vindictiveness and prurience on steroids.

www.freemalaysiatoday.com

She railed against prurience, poor eating habits and vanity.

news.nationalpost.com

This wall exists to exclude us, to turn away our prurience.

www.independent.co.uk

When people accused him of prurience, he responded that the crimes of war must be documented and disseminated.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Meanwhile, his distaste for confrontation has blurred his judgment to the point that he can no longer distinguish between prurience and justifiable inquiry.

www.independent.ie

The problem is that the prurience of producers and audiences alike invariably gets in the way.

www.news-mail.com.au

Other critics called his success undeserved and attributed it to prurience on the part of his readers.

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