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prudification
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English
Etymology
From prude + -ification.
Noun
prudification (uncountable)
- (rare) The increase of excessive propriety on matters related to sex.
- 2011, Stephen Bates, God's Own Country: Religion and Politics in the USA:
- He had an immense influence in the prudification of America, instilling terror into legitimate publishers and doctors as well as crooks, cranks, quacks and pornographers.
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