PRURIENCY Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

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Were the photographs made for prurience, to objectify the victims, or to blackmail the guilty?

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
A far cry from Salò, or films dominated by prurience, this movie, and these three lovers, are having a torrid affair with art, politics, and society’s mores—their own little revolution amidst a real one.

— John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025

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