noun
- plural of prurience; an excessive or inappropriate interest in matters of a sexual or indecent nature
Usage: formal; typically used in critical or disapproving contexts
Examples
- The critic condemned the film's pruriences as gratuitous and distracting.
- She objected to the pruriences in the tabloid's coverage of the scandal.
- The novel was criticized for its pruriences rather than praised for its literary merit.
- Parents complained about the pruriences displayed in the advertisement.
- The magazine's pruriences alienated many serious readers.