Few people remember that the word "prude" was originally used exclusively in a religious environment, in everyday speech, for example, in the 17th century, when for the first time the designation of a prude appeared in the chronicle sources, this word would hardly have to be heard.
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Prudishness is a manifestation of demonstrative piety and increased piety. At the same time, a person secretly, hidden from everyone, does not support his faith in the Almighty, that is, he does not believe in those ideals that he openly supports in front of everyone.
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Today the word is used widely, for example, the concept of hypocrisy refers to an ostentatious belief in something, for example, in the ideals of an enterprise, company, team, etc. Hypocrisy is an internal contradiction to professed ideas.
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Also, bigotry can be a form of hypocrisy and formalism. At the same time, the prude contradicts the ostentatious principles that he preaches and proves to everyone.
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In modern psychology, hypocrisy refers to the demonstrative behavior of a person in relation to the people around him. People with sanctimonious manners, from the point of view of psychologists, behave this way because by their behavior they are trying to justify any of their actions committed in relation to themselves or others. For example, in a secular society, a prude can preach and build a highly moral person out of himself, but in his hidden essence he can be depraved and deceitful.
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Hypocrisy can manifest itself as deliberate, in which case this concept becomes synonymous with hypocrisy. It is appropriate to use a lexeme in cases when a person wears a "mask of decency", while distorting the information around him in the light he needs. From the point of view of psychologists, this form of human behavior is a "cover", or in Western psychology it is a "formal lie", that is, behavior when a person does not want to change and eradicate certain vices in himself, but in the eyes of the people around him wants to look decent or even stand out with his "noble" features.
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There is also an unconscious form of bigotry. This form consists in an unconscious lie to oneself. For example, life in "pink color" with flying on the clouds. With an unconscious form of bigotry, a person does not notice the environment in its reality and lives by his ideals. An attempt to dissuade the prude meets with negative and sometimes even aggression towards the opponent. From the point of view of psychologists, unconscious hypocrisy that does not lend itself to persuasion is a mental disorder of the personality and should be treated both with the help of various psychotherapeutic techniques and with medication in specialized psychiatric clinics. It is believed that constantly lying to yourself and others is a form of delusional personality disorder.