prurience

prurience
Synonyms and related words:
an universal wolf, andromania, animality, aphrodisia, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, bawdiness, biological urge, bodily appetite, carnal desire, carnality, clitoromania, concupiscence, coveting, craving, curiosity, curious mind, curiousness, desire, dirtiness, eromania, eroticism, eroticomania, eroticomaniac, erotism, erotomania, fleshliness, fleshly lust, furor uterinus, ghoulishness, goatishness, gynecomania, horniness, hot blood, hot pants, hunger, hysteromania, indecency, infantile sexuality, inquiring mind, inquisitiveness, interest, itch, itch for knowledge, itching, lasciviousness, lecherousness, lechery, lewdness, libidinousness, lickerishness, lively interest, lubriciousness, lubricity, lust, lustfulness, mania, meddlesomeness, mental acquisitiveness, morbid curiosity, nosiness, nymphomania, obscenity, officiousness, passion, polymorphous perversity, pruriency, prurient interest, prying, randiness, salaciousness, salacity, satyriasis, satyrism, scopophilia, sensuality, sexiness, sexual desire, sexual longing, sexual passion, sexuality, thirst, thirst for knowledge, uteromania, venereal appetite, voyeurism

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  • Prurience — Pru ri*ence, Pruriency Pru ri*en*cy, n. The quality or state of being prurient. [1913 Webster] The pruriency of curious ears. Burke. [1913 Webster] There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prurience — index pornography Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • prurience — [[t]prʊ͟əriəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Prurience is a strong interest that someone shows in sexual matters. [FORMAL] Nobody ever lost money by overestimating the public s prurience …   English dictionary

  • prurience — prurient ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters. DERIVATIVES prurience noun pruriency noun pruriently adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «having a craving»: from Latin prurire itch, long, be wanton …   English terms dictionary

  • prurience — noun Date: 1781 the quality or state of being prurient …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • prurience — See prurient. * * * …   Universalium

  • prurience — noun The quality of being prurient …   Wiktionary

  • prurience — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Sexual hunger: amativeness, concupiscence, desire, eroticism, erotism, itch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, passion, pruriency. See DESIRE, SEX …   English dictionary for students

  • prurience — pru·ri·ence || prÊŠrɪəns / prÊŠÉ™r n. lustfulness, licentiousness, state of being obsessed with sex; state of promoting lustful thoughts or behavior …   English contemporary dictionary

  • prurience — n.; (also pruriency) Itching, longing, lust, desire, appetite, hankering, cupidity, covetousness …   New dictionary of synonyms

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