| NOUN | attribute | primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism | excessive or affected modesty |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | primness, priggishness | exaggerated and arrogant properness |
| Meaning | excessive or affected modesty. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | prudishness, prudery, Grundyism | |
| Broader | modesty, modestness | freedom from vanity or conceit |
| Spanish | camandulería, disfuerzo, gazmoñería, melindre, mojigatería, pudibundez, remilgo | |
| Catalan | beateria, gatamoixeria, mauleria | |
| Adjectives | prim | exaggeratedly proper |
| prim | affectedly dainty or refined | |
| Meaning | exaggerated and arrogant properness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | priggishness | |
| Broader | propriety, properness, correctitude | correct or appropriate behavior |
| Spanish | gazmoñada, gazmoñería, mojigatería, pedantería, presunción | |
| Catalan | pedantisme, presumpció | |
| Adjectives | prim | exaggeratedly proper |
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