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Prudery meaning

  1. The condition of being prudish; prudishness
  2. Prudish behaviour

Synonyms of Prudery

primness prudishness grundyism modesty modestness

Related words

Other words often associated with Prudery or its synonyms:

propriety decency immodesty reasonableness reserve

Using Prudery

  • The main meaning on this page is: The condition of being prudish; prudishness | Prudish behaviour
  • Useful related words include: primness, prudishness, grundyism, modesty.

Context around Prudery

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

sycophantic 1× excessive 1×

Often after:

once 1× common 1×

Sentence patterns with Prudery

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

the excessive prudery common in 1× their sycophantic prudery once in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a third significant 1× nigerians known to 1×

Common sentence endings:

of britain s 1× of the indices 1×

Words around Prudery

Just before it in the word index:

prudently 32 prudentius 2 prudentially 3 prudential 240 prudentia 3 prudente 3

Just after it in the word index:

prudes 6 prudhoe 21 prudhomme 10 prudie 9 prudish 14 prue 53

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Prudery

  • In this selection, "prudery" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sycophantic, excessive, once and common stand out and add context to how "prudery" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include the excessive prudery common in and their sycophantic prudery once in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "prudery" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with prudery

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Nigerians, known to bare their sycophantic prudery once in a while, found an anchor n this frown of Britain’s. (20 words)

A third significant problem is that the "excessive prudery" common in the middle of the 20th century means that obscene, sexual and scatological elements were regularly ignored in many of the indices. (32 words)

Longer example sentences

A third significant problem is that the "excessive prudery" common in the middle of the 20th century means that obscene, sexual and scatological elements were regularly ignored in many of the indices. (32 words)

Nigerians, known to bare their sycophantic prudery once in a while, found an anchor n this frown of Britain’s. (20 words)

Example sentences (2)

Nigerians, known to bare their sycophantic prudery once in a while, found an anchor n this frown of Britain’s.

A third significant problem is that the "excessive prudery" common in the middle of the 20th century means that obscene, sexual and scatological elements were regularly ignored in many of the indices.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "prudery" in a sentence?
An example: "Nigerians, known to bare their sycophantic prudery once in a while, found an anchor n this frown of Britain’s." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "prudery" from authentic English texts.
What does "prudery" mean?
Prudery means: The condition of being prudish; prudishness
What are synonyms of "prudery"?
Common synonyms of "prudery" include: primness, prudishness, grundyism, modesty, modestness.
How many example sentences with "prudery" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "prudery", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.