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-ness
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uptightness
(
countable
and
uncountable
,
plural
uptightnesses
)
The state or quality of being
uptight
2007
December 9, Lee Siegel, “The Fixer-Upper”, in
New York Times
[1]
:
Davis is out to remove the slur of moral
uptightness
and narrow virtue from Malamuds reputation.
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