"obscenity" meaning in English

See obscenity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əbˈsɛnɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-obscenity.wav [US] Forms: obscenity [singular], obscenities [plural]
Etymology: obscene + -ity Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|obscene|ity}} obscene + -ity Head templates: {{noun|2=obscenities}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An obscenity is something that is obscene.
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  2. An obscenity is an act of obscene behaviour.
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  3. An obscenity is an offensive word. Synonyms: profanity
    Sense id: simple-obscenity-en-noun-F70JEs8K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ity
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