obscenity

ob·scen·i·ty  (b-sn-t, b-)

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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Obscenity

aischrolatreia

1. the cult of the obscene.
2. the worship of filth.

aischrology

the vocabulary of obscenity; linguistic filthiness.

comstockery

the act or policy of censorship or expurgation on moral grounds, after Anthony Comstock (1844-1915), campaigner against vice.

coprolalia

the habitual use of foul language.

coprolalomania

a mania for foul speech.

coprology

1. the introduction of obscenity into art and literature.
2. obscene literature.
3. the study of obscene literature.
4. scatology.

coprophilia

a love of obscenity.

pornographomania

an abnormal interest in pornography.

pornography

any literature, film, or pictures that are judged obscene or indecent, especially because of sexual explicitness. — pornographer, n. — pornographic, adj.

rhyparography

the painting of sordid and obscene subjects. — rhyparographer, n. — rhyparographic, adj.

scatology

the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity. Also called coprology. — scatologic, scatological, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	obscenity - the trait of behaving in an obscene manner bawdiness, lewdness, salaciousness, salacity indecency - the quality of being indecent smuttiness, dirtiness - obscenity in speech or writing
	2.	obscenity - an offensive or indecent word or phrase dirty word, vulgarism, filth, smut fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shtup, ass, shag, screw - slang for sexual intercourse cock, pecker, peter, dick, putz, prick, tool, shaft - obscene terms for penis dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, bullshit, crap, shit, bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" chickenshit - a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear bawdry, bawdy - lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy" scatology - a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions) profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, asshole, bastard, son of a bitch, whoreson, cocksucker, SOB, shit - insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous peeing, pissing, pee, piss - informal terms for urination; "he took a pee" bugger all, Fanny Adams, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery" poop, shit, shite, turd, crap, dirt - obscene terms for feces
	3.	obscenity - an obscene act indecency, impropriety - an indecent or improper act

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obscenity

noun 1. indecency, pornography, impurity, impropriety, vulgarity, smut, prurience, coarseness, crudity, licentiousness, foulness, outrageousness, blueness, immodesty, suggestiveness, lewdness, dirtiness, grossness, vileness, filthiness, bawdiness, unseemliness, indelicacy, smuttiness, salacity << OPPOSITE decency

noun 2. swear word, curse, oath, expletive, four-letter word, cuss (informal) profanity, vulgarism

Translations

obscenity [əbˈsɛnɪtɪ] n → obscenidad f

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obscenity [əbˈsɛnɪtɪ] n → obscénité f

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obscenity [əbˈsɛnɪtɪ] obscene n → Obszönität f

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obscenity [əbˈsɛnɪtɪ] n → oscenità f inv