prudification

noun

prudification

noun

Etymology From prude + -ification.

1

Rare The increase of excessive propriety on matters related to sex.

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.2011, Stephen Bates, God's Own Country: Religion and Politics in the USA:

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