prudishness
noun
prudishness is a noun meaning “The condition of being prudish; prudery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-R-U-D-I-S-H-N-E-S-S, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of prudishness is prudishnesses.
What does prudishness mean?
noun
- 1
The condition of being prudish; prudery
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of prudishness
- prudishnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is prudishness?
Prudishness appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Prudishness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense condition of being prudish; prudery:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pudibonderie |
| German | Prüderie |
| Spanish | pudor, mojigatez, mojigatería, gazmoñería, pudibundez, santurronería |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does prudishness come from?
From prudish + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).