Noun
excessive or affected modesty
Source: WordNetPrudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and evil enough to demand of them eternal innocence and lack of education. For innocence is the only thing which can ennoble lack of education. Friedrich Schlegel
Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Friedrich Schlegel
Too much prudishness makes the lover sick. Turkish Proverb
At the start, Howells conceived of realism as a truthful portrayal of ordinary facets of life—with some limitations; he preferred comedy to tragedy, and he tended to be to the point of prudishness. Source: Internet
This is more a function of my advanced age-- the quick-paced narrative makes it very clear that the author is 23-- and my prudishness when it comes to pointless vulgarisms. Source: Internet