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Prurience
/ˈpɹʊəɹiəns/
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Noun
1
The quality of being prurient.
countable, uncountable
"There is a prurience in the speech of some."
2
feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
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an universal wolf
andromania
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decency
discretion
modesty
prudence
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