Crudeness

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being crude uncountable
  2. 2
    an unpolished unrefined quality wordnet
  3. 3
    A crude act or characteristic. countable

    "We will never eliminate the crudenesses, the anti-intellectual rules, the mucker pose in higher education, until we give the universities back to faculty and students."

  4. 4
    an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement wordnet
  5. 5
    a wild or unrefined state wordnet

Example

More examples

"Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable."

Etymology

From crude + -ness.

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