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Prurience
see synonyms of prurienceNoun
1. carnality, lasciviousness, lubricity, prurience, pruriency
feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Prurience
see synonyms of prurienceadj.
1.
a. Characterized by an inordinate interest in sex: prurient thoughts.
b. Arousing or appealing to an inordinate interest in sex: prurient literature.
2. Inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious.
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