Translations for „prurience“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

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

prurience with sexual matters

poltenost f

prurience with sexual matters

pohotnost f

prurience with unpleasantness

umazanost f

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English

Gossip's brush -- being the tools of the trade: silliness, prurience and sedition.

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

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

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How do we do that without falseness, self-congratulation, prurience or melodrama?

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Her nakedness is treated neither with prurience nor condescension.

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If his primary interest was prurience he would only need one woman on the page (or maybe two).

comicsalliance.com

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

en.wikipedia.org

Yet there's little prurience, and less shock, in his curiously matter-of-fact, yet compelling, account of a wasted decade.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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

entertainment.ie

She railed against prurience, poor eating habits and vanity.

news.nationalpost.com