Vulgarity
/vʌlˈɡɜɹɪti/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being vulgar. uncountable
"You will observe that I have not yet indulged myself in calling her by that name, even to you. Think, then, what I must have endured in hearing it bandied between the Eltons with all the vulgarity of needless repetition, and all the insolence of imaginary superiority"
- 2 the quality of lacking taste and refinement wordnet
- 3 An offensive or obscene act or expression. countable
Example
More examples"Reject all its lies and vulgarity."
Etymology
From vulgar + -ity, from Latin vulgaritas.