Antonyms for prudery

Grammar : Noun

Spell : proo-duh-ree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpru də ri

Definition of prudery

Origin : 1709, from prude + -ery and in part from French pruderie.
The peculiarity of prudery is to multiply sentinels, in proportion as the fortress is less threatened. [Victor Hugo, "Les Misérables"]
Some 20c. writers in English used extended form prudibundery, in many cases likely for contemptuous emphasis, from French prudibonderie "prudery."

As in modesty : noun shyness
As in priggishness : noun prudishness
As in stiffness : noun inflexibility
As in humbleness : noun modesty
As in lowliness : noun modesty
As in self-effacement : noun modesty

Example sentences :

This may seem like vanity or prudery; but no matter what it appears, if it be right.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

You, at one time, thought me guilty of some degree of Prudery.
Extract from : « Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and Postscript » by Samuel Richardson

Prudery is, so to speak, sexual modesty codified and dogmatized.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

The prudery that was itself a sin had penetrated the armor of her innocence.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

It was difficult to associate Beth with the idea of prudery or affectation.
Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

In avoiding French freedom, we often substitute an Anglo-American prudery.
Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey

I'm sick of this prudery which throws its own hideousness over all it sees.
Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham

With their platitudes, their prudery, and their chastity, they make for death.
Extract from : « An Anarchist Woman » by Hutchins Hapgood

To affectation and prudery the French women are equally strangers.
Extract from : « Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World » by Anonymous

Ere night this jealous garment will have lost half its prudery.
Extract from : « The White Chief » by Mayne Reid

Synonyms for prudery

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