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Answer for the clue "Excessive or affected modesty ", 11 letters:
prudishness

Word definitions for prudishness in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness , prudery , Grundyism ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The condition of being prudish; prudery

Usage examples of prudishness.

Her sense of style was deficient: prudishness and femininity were awkwardly at odds in the high-necked dress, which concealed her throat but made provocative mounds of her small breasts.

She regarded his prudishness as a quaint minor foible, and she certainly did not want to disillusion or estrange him.

He stared with a stunned, avaunting lust which her exuberant prudishness both redirected and inflamed to new strength.