Obscenity

  • 11obscenity — noun … OF OBSCENITY ▪ stream, string VERB + OBSCENITY ▪ mutter, scream, shout, yell ▪ He shouted a stream of obscenities …

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  • 12obscenity — UK [əbˈsenətɪ] / US [ɑbˈsenətɪ] noun Word forms obscenity : singular obscenity plural obscenities 1) [uncountable] behaviour or language that is sexually offensive, especially in a film, book, or play 2) [countable, usually plural] a word or… …

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  • 13obscenity — The character or quality of being obscene; conduct tending to corrupt the public morals by its indecency or lewdness. Material is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest, that is, a shameful or morbid… …

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  • 14obscenity — noun a) Something that is obscene. Martha wouldnt go into the art museum because, as she put it, They have obscenities just sitting out, on display! b) An act of obscene behaviour. Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly… …

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  • 15obscenity — ob|scen|i|ty [əbˈsenıti] n plural obscenities 1.) [U] sexually offensive language or behaviour, especially in a book, play, film etc ▪ laws against obscenity 2.) [C usually plural] a sexually offensive word or action →↑swear ▪ drunken youths… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16obscenity — noun 1) the over the top obscenity of the musical interludes Syn: indecency, immorality, impropriety, salaciousness, smuttiness, smut, lewdness, impurity, crudeness, vulgarity, dirtiness, dirt, filth, coarseness, crudity; profanity; …

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  • 17obscenity — /əbˈsɛnəti/ (say uhb senuhtee), /ɒb / (say ob ) noun (plural obscenities) 1. obscene quality or character; indecency. 2. something obscene, as language, a remark, an expression, etc.: *Several thousand angry demonstrators surrounded Los Angeles… …

  • 18Obscenity Trial — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Synthie Pop Gründung 1993 Website http://www.otrial.de …

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  • 19Obscenity Prosecution Task Force — The Obscenity Prosecution Task Force (OPTF) was an organization created in 2005 by the United States Department of Justice. The OPTF s job was to investigate and prosecute producers and distributors of hardcore pornography that meets the test for …

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  • 20obscenity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1589 1. the quality or state of being obscene 2. something (as an utterance or act) that is obscene …

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