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  1. constitution.congress.gov › browse › essayObscenity | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of...

    Jul 5, 2010 · The Court defined material appealing to prurient interest as material having a tendency to excite lustful thoughts, and defined prurient interest as a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion. 14 Footnote 354 U.S. at 487 n.20.

  2. www.lawinsider.com › dictionary › prurient-interestPrurient interest Definition | Law Insider

    Prurient interest means a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion. Prurient interest is defined within statute as follows: Obscene means that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in sex or describes in a patently offensive manner sexual conduct and which, taken as a whole does not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.

  3. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › prurientprurient | meaning of prurient in Longman Dictionary of...

    prurient meaning, definition, what is prurient: having or showing too much interest in s...: Learn more.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › pruriencePrurience - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    prurience: 1 n feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness Synonyms: carnality , lasciviousness , lubricity , pruriency Type of: amativeness , amorousness , eroticism , erotism , sexiness the arousal of feelings of sexual desire

  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › pruriencePrurience Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of PRURIENCE is the quality or state of being prurient.