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
• primness
• priggishness
• nice-nellyism
• priggery
• virtue
• Comstockery
• old-maidishness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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