lasciviousness

noun

Definition of lasciviousnessnext
as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene the minister preached a sermon against the lasciviousness that pervades so much of popular culture

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  1. vulgarity
  2. obscenity
  3. ribaldry
Noun
  • Miss Manners is relieved not to be asked what to do about that vulgarity.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In short, when faced with a genuine choice between civility and decency versus vulgarity and indecency, most Americans who voted in the 2024 elections opted for the latter.
    Mordechai Gordon, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of vulgarity
Noun
  • In short: Your former co-worker needs to cut this [obscenity redacted] out.
    Anna Holmes, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Why do opponents use an obscenity in their signs? Jeanne Woodbury, an activist who works with the lobbying firm Creosote Partners, put up 10 campaign signs around the Phoenix area opposing Proposition 138.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of obscenity
Noun
  • Over-Nite Sensation is a triumph: a concentrated digest from perhaps the most popular stretch of his career, and a freeze-frame of his compositional flowering and ingenious lyrical ribaldry.
    Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Finding liberty in punk artistry, Dury updated the tradition of British music-hall ribaldry and rude folk humor.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Aug. 2022
Definition of ribaldry
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