prudification en · NOUN
Etymology
From prude + -ification.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) The increase of excessive propriety on matters related to sex.
He had an immense influence in the prudification of America, instilling terror into legitimate publishers and doctors as well as crooks, cranks, quacks and pornographers.
2011, Stephen Bates, God's Own Country: Religion and Politics in the USA: