There is a prurience in the speech of some.
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Prurience
/ˈpɹʊəɹiəns/
Synonyms for "prurience" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
an universal wolfandromaniaanimalityaphrodisiaappetenceappetencyappetiteappetitionbawdinessbiological urgebodily appetitecarnal desirecarnalityclitoromaniaconcupiscencecovetingcravingcuriositycurious mindcuriousness
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (30)
desiredirtinesseromaniaeroticismeroticomaniaeroticomaniacerotismerotomaniafleshlinessfleshly lustfuror uterinusghoulishnessgoatishnessgynecomaniahorninesshot bloodhot pantshungerhysteromaniaimpurity
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indecencyinfantile sexualityinquiring mindinquisitivenessinterestitchitch for knowledgeitchinglasciviousness
Noun(1 words)
Related words (51)
Noun(11 words)
lasciviousnesslewd curiositylubricitymoralismmorbid curiositypruderypruriencypuritanismsalaciousnesssensationalismunseemly curiosity
lecherousnesslecherylewdnesslibidinousnesslickerishnesslively interestlubriciousnesslubricitylustlustfulnessmaniameddlesomenessmental acquisitivenessmorbid curiositynosinessnymphomaniaobscenityofficiousnesspassionpolymorphous perversity
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pruriencyprurient interestpryingrandinesssalaciousnesssalacitysatyriasissatyrismscopophiliasensualitysexinesssexual desiresexual longingsexual passionsexualitythirstthirst for knowledgeuteromaniavenereal appetitevoyeurism
Related word relations
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More general
14 entriesamativenessamorousnessattention economycuriosityemotional stateeroticismerotismethicsmedia criticismmoral discoursemoral philosophypsychological traitsensationalismsexiness
More specific
8 entrieserotic curiosityerotic materialethical policingmoralizing discoursepornographic contentpuritanical critiquetabloid sensationalismvoyeurism
Collocations
5 entriesacademic prurienceprurience in journalismprurience in mediasexual pruriencevoyeuristic prurience
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
1 total sentences available.