Translations for „prudery“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

prudery <a prudery; pruderies> N

prudery

تَزَمُّت

prudery

احتشام متطرف

prudery

تَحَشُّم مُبَالَغ فِيهِ

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English

What is offensive, even depressing, is the self-righteous, repressive, prudery of the complainers.

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I assure you that my assessment is not based on any prudery or dislike of music videos.

theconversation.com

Politically radical, the essays ridicule militarism, prudery, and religious intolerance.

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The degree of prudery understood as fearful contempt of human sexuality can vary among different cultures and traditions.

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The price principle always risks is prudery.

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One remarked that both the sneering and the prudery made for a claustrophobic infantilism of peculiarly national hue.

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A new book traces a century of legislative prudery.

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Throughout his life, he campaigned tirelessly against pill-pushers, processed foods and prudery.

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It is a code that is becoming ever stricter in the name of the new secular prudery.

irishcatholic.ie

The author's afterword to the novella is also presented, which show him to be endorsing a sort of prudery within marriage which is utterly unrealistic.

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