vulgarity meaning
ENWVulgarity
- Vulgarity is the quality of being common, coarse, or unrefined. This judgement may refer to language, visual art, social classes, or social climbers.
- From the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries, "vulgar" simply described the common language or vernacular of a country.
- In language, the effort to avoid vulgarity could leave characters at a loss for words.
- A vulgarity, or vulgar speech or language, can refer to language which is offensive or obscene, synonymous with the 'general' meaning of profanity.
- NounPLvulgaritiesSUF-ity
- (uncountable) The quality of being vulgar.
- (countable) An offensive or obscene act or expression.
- (uncountable) The quality of being vulgar.
Definition of vulgarity in English Dictionary
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