obscenity
(noun)
noun
1. the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
Similar word(s): bawdiness, lewdness, salaciousness, salacity
Definition categories: attribute, indecency
2. an offensive or indecent word or phrase
Similar word(s): filth, vulgarism
Definition categories: communication, profanity
3. an obscene act
Definition categories: act, impropriety, indecency
Sentences with obscenity as a noun:
- Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly conservative community.
- The coalition of religious conservatives was campaigning against, in their view, rampant obscenity in the entertainment industry.