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obscenity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bawdiness, lewdness, salaciousness, salacity |
| Type of | indecency |
| Has types | smuttiness, dirtiness |
| Derivation | obscene |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | impropriety, indecency |
| Derivation | obscene |
Examples of obscenity
obscenity
No nudity, obscenity or alcohol is the approach the Culver Citybus has followed.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Obscenity has been an essential tool of political satire at least since Juvenal.
From the guardian.co.uk
Now Flynt is facing 15 counts of pandering obscenity and up to 24 years in jail.
From the time.com
The tackle breathily mouthed the obscenity and then mimicked a look of surprise.
From the sfgate.com
It's hard to know how to classify this observation in the taxonomy of obscenity.
From the swampland.time.com
If you cannot see the obscenity in that, your love of capitalism has blinded you.
From the guardian.co.uk
The infamous video nasty list was created in 1982 to protect against obscenity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
One obscenity the school ordered cut, and is repeated five times, remained cut.
From the denverpost.com
She resisted his passes and he stormed away, yelling back an Italian obscenity.
From the time.com
- The trait of behaving in an obscene manner
- An offensive or indecent word or phrase
- An obscene act
- (obscene) designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead
- (obscene) abhorrent: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
- (obscene) lewd: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
- An obscenity (in Latin obspenus, meaning "foul, repulsive, detestable") is that which offends the prevalent sexual morality of the time, is a profanity, or is otherwise taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting, or is especially inauspicious; ill-omened.
- (Obscenities) A profanity is a word, expression, gesture, or other social behavior which is socially constructed or interpreted as insulting, rude, vulgar, desecrating, or showing disrespect.
- Something that is obscene; An act of obscene behaviour; Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word; The qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour
