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Obscenity

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Noun

1. bawdiness, lewdness, obscenity, salaciousness, salacity

the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

2. dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism

an offensive or indecent word or phrase

3. obscenity

an obscene act

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Obscenity

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noun plural -ties
1. 
the state or quality of being obscene
2. 
an obscene act, statement, word, etc

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Obscenity

see synonyms of obscenity
noun
1. 
the state or quality of being obscene
2. Word forms: plural obˈscenities
an obscene remark, act, event, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Obscenity

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n. pl. ob·scen·i·ties
1. The state or quality of being obscene.
2. Indecency, lewdness, or offensiveness in behavior, expression, or appearance.
3. Something, such as a word, act, or expression, that is indecent or lewd.
4. Something that is offensive or repulsive to the senses: "What had once been a gentle hill covered with lush grass turned into a brown obscenity of bare earth and smoke" (Tom Clancy).

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