Offensiveness

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being offensive. countable, uncountable

    "Some slurs like “slut” and “retard” vary in their perceived offensiveness to those polled, but also include some incredibly offensive words like the “N-word.”"

  2. 2
    the quality of being offensive wordnet

Synonyms

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basenessbestialityblue moviebrutalitycoarsenesscontrariety

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"Some slurs like “slut” and “retard” vary in their perceived offensiveness to those polled, but also include some incredibly offensive words like the “N-word.”"

Etymology

From offensive + -ness.

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