obscenity
noun
[ əbˈsɛnɪti ]
• the state or quality of being obscene.
• "the book was banned for obscenity"
Similar:
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,
scatology,
profanity,
profaneness,
bawdry,
salacity,
lubricity,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French obscénité or Latin obscaenitas, from obscaenus (see obscene).
