Synonyms of prudishness

prudishness

noun

as in puritanism

a tendency to care a great deal about seemly behavior and morals especially in sexual matters

the prudishness of the people of the Victorian era was a hindrance to the dissemination of some basic information on human health and hygiene

Synonyms & Similar Words

• puritanism
• moralism
• prudery
• morality
• nice-nellyism
• primness
• priggishness
• Comstockery
• virtue
• priggery
• old-maidishness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lechery
• prurience
• libertinism
• libertarianism
• pruriency
• libertinage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prudishness

However, the filmmaker thinks that audience prudishness extends beyond younger generations. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Aug. 2026