noun
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Something that is obscene.
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Martha wouldn't go into the art museum because, as she put it, "They have obscenities just sitting out, on display!"
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An act of obscene behaviour.
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Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly conservative community.
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Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.
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Eliza couldn't stand her daughter's music; as she saw it, it was just shouted obscenities and a heavy drum beat.
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The qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour.
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The coalition of religious conservatives was campaigning against, in their view, rampant obscenity in the entertainment industry.