Obscenity

Obscenity is defined, I believe, as offending the morals of the community, so the use of “moral” as an adjective.

Matthew Yglesias » Lacking in Prosal Clarity 2009

Every week, on what was known as Obscenity Tuesday, the justices watched these films and rendered decisions.

HOUSE RULES JODI PICOULT 2010

The word "obscenity," he argued in "Obscenity — Forget It" (May 1977), should no longer be used — at least not in a legal context.

Obscenity, Censorship, and the First Amendment 2006

The word "obscenity," he argued in "Obscenity — Forget It" (May 1977), should no longer be used — at least not in a legal context.

Obscenity, Censorship, and the First Amendment 2006

Obscenity is defined by Merriam-Webster as “abhorrent to morality or virtue”.

UVa Raises Salaries Despite Budget Cuts at cvillenews.com 2002

’ Obscenity is a very difficult question to discuss honestly.

Benefit Of Clergy: Some Notes On Salvador Dali 1944

Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, becomes, from the very veil which it assumes, more active if less disgusting: it is a monster for which the corruption of society for ever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.

English literary criticism Various

Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, becomes, from the very veil which it assumes, more active if less disgusting: it is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.

A Defence of Poetry 1909

"Obscenity" seems to be anything that hints at sexual pleasure, as sex is strictly for reproductive purposes.

Save Us From Saviors 2008

Polselli's next film, QUANDO L'AMORE E OSCENITA' (1974), continued in this vein and was banned in Italy until 1980, when it was issued as OSCENITA' ("Obscenity").

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