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Get to know Obscenity better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like indecency or profanity.

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Obscenity meaning

  1. Something that is obscene.
  2. An act of obscene behaviour.
  3. Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.

Synonyms of Obscenity

Using Obscenity

  • The main meaning on this page is: Something that is obscene. | An act of obscene behaviour. | Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.
  • Useful related words include: indecency, profanity, dirty word, filth.
  • In the example corpus, obscenity often appears in combinations such as: of obscenity, obscenity laws, obscenity and.

Context around Obscenity

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Obscenity

  • In this selection, "obscenity" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, disseminate, british, lover, laws, trial and inside stand out and add context to how "obscenity" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1960s and obscenity was notoriously and a landmark obscenity case. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "obscenity" sits close to words such as absa, absconding and accretion, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with obscenity

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Obscenity, though not clearly defined, is backed by the First Amendment. (11 words)

It was the first in a litany of recorded crimes: sodomy, poisoning, whippings, obscenity, kidnappings, rape. (16 words)

Talking about the cyberattack against K.K. Shailaja, he said the Youth Congress now resorted to obscenity. (17 words)

I have no idea what contribution, if any, he makes at any level to the wellbeing and sustainability of humanity; it’s just that I think there an obscenity – as in, ‘an offence to public decency’ – in the accumulation of personal wealth to that degree. (45 words)

A big disappointment was the Senate’s obstruction of House Bill 1257, a measure that would require websites containing “material harmful to minors” (i.e., obscenity) to implement reliable age verification technology to prevent access by children. (37 words)

The obscenity swelled as the values of the houses skyrocketed far beyond the real values to the tune of one hundred thousand dollar homes selling for 5-6 times that price within the span of several years. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Woods has charged with three counts of indecent liberties with a child, one count of disseminate obscenity to a minor and one count of permitting a minor to assist in obscenity.

But public standards rapidly became more liberal though the 1960s, and obscenity was notoriously difficult to define, so by 1971 prosecutions for obscenity had halted.

However, no English dictionary included such words, for fear of possible prosecution under British obscenity laws, until after the conclusion of the Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial in 1960.

A senior police officer said that the move has been made in light of the recent spate of “public obscenity” inside metro compartments.

Cutting me off in traffic may justify a honk of the horn and a selected obscenity or two.

I have no idea what contribution, if any, he makes at any level to the wellbeing and sustainability of humanity; it’s just that I think there an obscenity – as in, ‘an offence to public decency’ – in the accumulation of personal wealth to that degree.

It was the first in a litany of recorded crimes: sodomy, poisoning, whippings, obscenity, kidnappings, rape.

Obscenity is a narrow, well-defined category of unprotected speech that excludes any work with serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value, Schuler said.

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The new anti-drag effort in Alabama is an amendment to the state’s Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act, known as HB 401, which was originally introduced in the 21st century.

A big disappointment was the Senate’s obstruction of House Bill 1257, a measure that would require websites containing “material harmful to minors” (i.e., obscenity) to implement reliable age verification technology to prevent access by children.

Phillip Jacob George, 44, 206 E. Verdine St., Sulphur — obscenity; resisting a police officer with force or violence; battery of a police officer.

Talking about the cyberattack against K.K. Shailaja, he said the Youth Congress now resorted to obscenity.

The group’s 1989 album “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” was the center of a landmark obscenity case.

There's a category of speech that's not protected under current Supreme Court doctrine called obscenity.

The track has zero obscenity in its lyrics, but officials were concerned that it would literally encourage youths to “rock around the clock” and cause delinquency.

Under the protocol, parents can opt their children out of being able to check out books that have certain topics, including profanity/obscenity, racism/discrimination and religious viewpoints.

Witness the latest obscenity: Queens homeowner Adele Andaloro arrested after confronting the creeps squattingin a home she inherited from her parentsand changing the locks in an effort to get them out.

He was fined 15 per cent of his match fee and given a demerit point after being charged by the ICC with a level one offence of "use of an audible obscenity".

Obscenity, though not clearly defined, is backed by the First Amendment.

The obscenity swelled as the values of the houses skyrocketed far beyond the real values to the tune of one hundred thousand dollar homes selling for 5-6 times that price within the span of several years.

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Common combinations with obscenity

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "obscenity" in a sentence?
An example: "Woods has charged with three counts of indecent liberties with a child, one count of disseminate obscenity to a minor and one count of permitting a minor to assist in obscenity." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "obscenity" from authentic English texts.
What does "obscenity" mean?
Obscenity means: Something that is obscene.
What are synonyms of "obscenity"?
Common synonyms of "obscenity" include: indecency, profanity, dirty word, filth, vulgarism, smut, salacity, salaciousness. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "obscenity" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "obscenity", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.