"obscenity" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-obscenity.wav Forms: obscenities [plural]
Etymology: From obscene + -ity, from Latin obscenitas. Etymology templates: {{af|en|obscene|-ity}} obscene + -ity, {{uder|en|la|obscenitas}} Latin obscenitas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} obscenity (countable and uncountable, plural obscenities)
  1. (countable) Something that is obscene. Tags: countable Translations (something that is obscene): lapërdhi [feminine] (Albanian), obscenitat [feminine] (Catalan), 淫穢 (Chinese Mandarin), 淫秽 (yínhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 猥褻 (Chinese Mandarin), 猥亵 (wěixiè) (Chinese Mandarin), oplzlost [feminine] (Czech), obscénité [feminine] (French), obscenidade [feminine] (Galician), Obszönität [feminine] (German), פריצות (p"ritzût) (Hebrew), अश्लीलता (aślīltā) [feminine] (Hindi), oscenità [feminine] (Italian), turpiloquio [masculine] (Italian), 猥褻 (waisetsu) (alt: わいせつ) (Japanese), obscēnitās [feminine] (Latin), അശ്ലീലം (aślīlaṁ) (Malayalam), oxxenità [feminine] (Maltese), obsceniczność [feminine] (Polish), obscenidade [feminine] (Portuguese), непристо́йность (nepristójnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), поха́бщина (poxábščina) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), draosdachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), drabasdachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), oplzlosť [feminine] (Slovak), obscenidad [feminine] (Spanish), obscenitet [common-gender] (Swedish), kalaswaan (Tagalog), அசிங்கம் (aciṅkam) (Tamil), బూతు (būtu) (Telugu)
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  2. (countable) An act of obscene behaviour. Tags: countable
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  3. (countable) Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word. Tags: countable
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  4. (uncountable) The qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour. Tags: uncountable
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Inflected forms

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      "sense": "something that is obscene",
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      "word": "oxxenità"
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      "sense": "something that is obscene",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "obsceniczność"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "непристо́йность"
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      "sense": "something that is obscene",
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      "sense": "something that is obscene",
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      "sense": "something that is obscene",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "something that is obscene",
      "word": "kalaswaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "aciṅkam",
      "sense": "something that is obscene",
      "word": "அசிங்கம்"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "būtu",
      "sense": "something that is obscene",
      "word": "బూతు"
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}

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