Civil Discourse in Decline: Where Does it End?

obscenity

əbˈsɛnɪti/

noun

1. the state or quality of being obscene.

   "the book was banned for obscenity"

   synonyms:

   indecency, immorality, impropriety, salaciousness, smuttiness, smut, lewdness, rudeness, vulgarity, dirtiness, dirt, filthiness, filth, foulness, coarseness, crudeness, grossness, vileness, nastiness, impurity, immodesty, indelicacy, indecorousness, unwholesomeness, scabrousness, ribaldry, bawdiness, suggestiveness, eroticism, carnality, lasciviousness, lechery, licentiousness, libidinousness, degeneracy, depravity, amorality, debauchery, dissoluteness, prurience; More

   • an extremely offensive word or expression.

     plural noun: obscenities

     "the men scowled and muttered obscenities"

     synonyms:

     curse, oath, swear word, expletive, profanity, four-letter word, dirty word, blasphemy, imprecation, malediction, vulgarism, vulgarity; More

The Wall Street Journal

A Republican congressional candidate body slams a reporter. A Democratic party state chairman hurls obscenities at both the president and dissidents in his own party at a public meeting. Such is the state of (un)civil discourse in America today, Gerald F. Seib writes.

Civil Discourse in Decline: Where Does it End?

A Republican congressional candidate body slams a reporter. A Democratic party state chairman hurls obscenities at both the president and dissidents in his own party at a public meeting. Such is the state of…

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