prurient
adjective
having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
prurience
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a word derived from
prurient.
Example Sentences
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“Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy,” by New York Times journalists James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams, may ultimately test the prurience of an unsuspecting readership.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2023
I understand people’s queasiness about the current popularity of true-crime documentaries and podcasts; no question, some err on the side of prurience.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2019
And that means that I often am uncertain of my place in the uncomfortable space between honest curiosity and creepy prurience.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2019
A year and a half ago, however, for the 2016 edition, photographed by Annie Leibovitz, the calendar’s raison d’être took a sharp turn from prurience to pride.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2017
This literature of a sunless Decadence has spread widely, by virtue of its own uncleanness, and its leading characteristics are gloom, ugliness, prurience, preachiness, and weedy flabbiness of style.
From The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
