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Definition of Obscenity |
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Obscenity
That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture. Related Definitions: As, Impure, Impurity, In, Is, Mind, Moral, Obscene, Obscenity, Of, Offensive, Or, Picture, Purity, Quality, Speech, That, The, To, What, Which |
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Obscenity Quotations
Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. Bertrand Russell Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art - or almost the only stuff. David Herbert Lawrence Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk. Henry Miller Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret. Percy Bysshe Shelley The justices have constitutionally protected obscenity in libraries, filth over cable television, and now unlimited internet pornography. Phyllis Schlafly |
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Obscenity Translations
obscenity in Italian is lascivia obscenity in Spanish is obscenidad |
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