English-German translations for obscenity

• Obszönität die
  Wir erscheinen angesichts dieser Obszönität wie gelähmt. We seem paralysed in the face of this obscenity.
  Die heutige Abstimmung bedeutet, dass diese Obszönität weitere 18 Monate fortgesetzt wird. Today's vote means that this obscenity will continue for another 18 months.
• Schweinerei die

Definition of obscenity

• Something that is obscene
• An act of obscene behaviour
• Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word
• The qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour

Examples

• Martha wouldnt go into the art museum because, as she put it, "They have obscenities just sitting out, on display!"
• Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly conservative community.
• Eliza couldnt stand her daughters music; as she saw it, it was just shouted obscenities and a heavy drum beat.
• The coalition of religious conservatives was campaigning against, in their view, rampant obscenity in the entertainment industry.

Related words

• obscene
• obscenely
• antiobscenity