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VULGARITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of lacking taste and refinement
Synonyms:
coarseness; commonness; grossness; raunch; vulgarism; vulgarity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("vulgarity" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Derivation:
vulgar (conspicuously and tastelessly indecent)
vulgar (lacking refinement or cultivation or taste)
Context examples:
The cheapness and vulgarity of it was nauseating, and Martin noted apathetically that he was not nauseated very much.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
We shall probably see much to wish altered in her, and must prepare ourselves for gross ignorance, some meanness of opinions, and very distressing vulgarity of manner; but these are not incurable faults; nor, I trust, can they be dangerous for her associates.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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