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Recent Examples of prurience
But this isn’t all down to her own prurience.
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Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
Ants Tammik’s camerawork is similarly inspired, especially in the framing of the women’s bodies which are displayed without prudery but also without prurience, and usually only partially — backs, breasts, bellies, chins propped on knees.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2023
Wilde’s writings may be homoerotic, but the prose remains coded and demure; prurience was reserved for the bedroom, and eventually for the courtroom.
—Colton Valentine, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
Its gutsy prurience often collapses down into muddled emptiness, fun gags that get wasted.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022
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Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
Ants Tammik’s camerawork is similarly inspired, especially in the framing of the women’s bodies which are displayed without prudery but also without prurience, and usually only partially — backs, breasts, bellies, chins propped on knees.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2023
Wilde’s writings may be homoerotic, but the prose remains coded and demure; prurience was reserved for the bedroom, and eventually for the courtroom.
—Colton Valentine, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
Its gutsy prurience often collapses down into muddled emptiness, fun gags that get wasted.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prurience
lechery
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Vandalism and lechery are among the milder affronts that occur on Winifred’s watch, and her narration, though sombre, sparkles.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Vandalism and lechery are among the milder affronts that occur on Winifred’s watch, and her narration, though sombre, sparkles.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Prurience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prurience. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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