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Meaning of "immodesty" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMMODESTY

immodesty  [ɪˈmɒdɪstɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMMODESTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Immodesty is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMMODESTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

immodesty

Modesty

Modesty is a mode of dress and deportment intended to avoid encouraging sexual attraction in others; actual standards vary widely. In this use, it can be considered inappropriate or immodest to reveal certain parts of the body. A modest woman would behave so as to avoid encouraging the sexual attention of men. In some societies women must cover their bodies completely and may never talk to men who are not immediate family members; in others a fairly revealing but one-piece bathing costume is considered modest when other women wear bikinis. In some countries, exposure of the body in breach of community standards of modesty is also considered to be public indecency, and public nudity is generally illegal in most of the world and regarded as indecent exposure. However, nudity is at times tolerated in some societies; for example, during a world naked bike ride, while a lone man attempting to walk naked from south to north Britain was repeatedly imprisoned. Small children are widely not expected to be fully clothed in public until they are grown up. In semi-public contexts standards of modesty vary.

Definition of immodesty in the English dictionary

The definition of immodesty in the dictionary is the quality or state of being improper or indecent, esp with regard to sexual propriety. Other definition of immodesty is boldness, impudence, or shamelessness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMMODESTY


amnesty
ˈæmnɪstɪ
Christie
ˈkrɪstɪ
Christy
ˈkrɪstɪ
dishonesty
dɪsˈɒnɪstɪ
feisty
ˈfaɪstɪ
fisty
ˈfɪstɪ
hasty
ˈheɪstɪ
honesty
ˈɒnɪstɪ
majesty
ˈmædʒɪstɪ
misty
ˈmɪstɪ
modesty
ˈmɒdɪstɪ
pastie
ˈpeɪstɪ
pasty
ˈpeɪstɪ
pasty-faced
ˈpeɪstɪ
sacristy
ˈsækrɪstɪ
tasty
ˈteɪstɪ
touristy
ˈtʊərɪstɪ
travesty
ˈtrævɪstɪ
twisty
ˈtwɪstɪ
wristy
ˈrɪstɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMMODESTY

immobility
immobilization
immobilize
immobilizer
immoderate
immoderately
immoderateness
immoderation
immodest
immodestly
immolate
immolation
immolator
immoral
immoral earnings
immoralist
immoralities
immorality
immorally
immortal

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMMODESTY

bheesty
busty
chesty
crusty
dusty
dynasty
festy
frosty
lusty
nasty
pesty
resty
rusty
sty
testy
thirsty
toasty
trusty
vasty
zesty

Synonyms and antonyms of immodesty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMMODESTY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «immodesty» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of immodesty

Translation of «immodesty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMMODESTY

Find out the translation of immodesty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of immodesty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «immodesty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不慎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inmodestia
570 millions of speakers

English

immodesty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेशर्मी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بذاءة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нескромность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imodéstia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অশোভনতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indécence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sopan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unbescheidenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

immodesty
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버릇
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Immodesty
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô liêm si
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அகந்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधार्मिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arsızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

immodestia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezwstyd
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нескромність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indecență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απρέπεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbescheiden
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

immodesty
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

usømmelighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of immodesty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMMODESTY»

The term «immodesty» is regularly used and occupies the 87.029 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of immodesty
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMMODESTY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «immodesty» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «immodesty» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about immodesty

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMMODESTY»

Discover the use of immodesty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to immodesty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Culture of Immodesty in American Life and Politics: The ...
The Culture of Immodesty in American Life and Politics is a collection of thirteen essays from a broad range of scholars and independent authors, evaluating the prevalence of immodesty in various aspects of American life and culture.
Michael P. Federici, Richard M Gamble, Mark T Mitchell, 2013
2
Tease
Tiger Starr is Britain's greatest showgirl.
Immodesty Blaize, 2010
3
Ambition
Money. Fame.
Immodesty Blaize, 2010
4
The Danger and Immodesty of the Present Too General Custom ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
BiblioBazaar, Multiple Contributors, 2010
5
Political Islam: Essays from Middle East Report
17. From. Immodesty. to. Collaboration: Hamas,. the. Women's. Movement,. and. National. Identity. in. the. Intifada. Rema Hammami In the summer of 1 989, at the height of mass confrontations with the Israeli army, young boys in Gaza started ...
Joel Beinin, Joe Stork, 1997
6
Which Rights Should Be Universal?
Immodesty. (Strong. Universality). Immanuel Kant thought that the fundamental moral norms or principles had the strongest kind of universality—that they applied to all morally responsible beings in all possible worlds. Strong universality is a ...
William J. Talbott Professor of Philosophy University of Washington, 2005
7
Montaigne in Motion
Jean Starobinski. The body's moment Immodesty More than once, as we saw in the last chapter, Montaigne recognizes the need for "relations with others," even as he expresses, almost simultaneously, his contempt for outside opinion.
Jean Starobinski, 1985
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
Pore. INDECENT, IMMODEST, INDELICATE. INDECENT is the contrary of decent (t>. Becoming), IMMODEST the contrary of modest («. Modest), INDELICATE the contrary of delicate (v. Fine). Indecency ami immodesty violate the fundamental ...
‎1837
9
Awakening the Quieter Virtues
But the defenders of go-for-it-now immodesty often miss how short-sighted this sentiment is. Flaunting one's body may turn some heads at seventeen, but it won't necessarily attract people who turn out to be good spouses. The tough guy who ...
Gregory Spencer, 2010
10
The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: ...
Now First Collected : with Notes and Illustrations John Dryden Edmond Malone. to immodesty, that modesty in too great a degree was his failing. He hurt his fortune by it ; he was sensible of it ; he complained of it, and never could overcome it.
John Dryden, Edmond Malone, 1800

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMMODESTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term immodesty is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders: What an extreme match-up …
Trump is no slouch in the immodesty department either, and he also longs to lead a grassroots movement, though High Ideals have nothing at ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Eight Minnesota colleges discriminate against LGBT students, staff …
They include backbiting, cheating, dishonesty, drunkenness, gossip, immodesty of dress, lying, occult practices, profanity, sexual promiscuity ... «TheColu.mn, Jul 15»
3
Barney Frank: The defense budget's balancing act
I can think of no reason to rate any section of the financial reform bill as the “most significant,” nor to choose among opportunities for immodesty ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
4
Mattie Procaccini: The class of the Class of '60
Our common culture was ingrained with a profound moral code. Swearing, lying, cheating, bigotry, vandalism, immodesty occurred infrequently ... «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
5
Boner, Fate and the Summer of Shame
And while the good old boys of this story may have thought they were Robin Hoods, the lack of discretion, sexual immodesty, ego and – at least ... «Memphis Daily News, Jul 15»
6
#GirlInterrupter: The Freedom to Be Alone
My stomach used to be concave, no matter how round the rest of me got – have you ever seen photos of the burlesque dancer Immodesty ... «Elle UK Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Boner, Fate and our summer of shame
And while the good old boys of this story may have thought they were Robin Hoods, the lack of discretion, sexual immodesty, ego and – at least ... «The Ledger, Jul 15»
8
Coffee table book reveals world of burlesque
... the regal glamour of the UK's reigning Queen of Burlesque Immodesty Blaize, gore/gothic lover and horror actress Little Miss Risk and male ... «Windy City Times, Jul 15»
9
The Troubling Connection Between Modesty Culture and Rape …
The study asks “What factors in the home contributed to immodesty and temptation?” and suggests that the abuser could have been tempted by ... «TIME, Jul 15»
10
Dick Yarbrough: 17 years later, hedges still need trimming
With all immodesty (modesty not being one of my strong suits), I consider myself the public school teacher's best friend and have no hesitancy ... «Gainesville Times, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Immodesty [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/immodesty>. Apr 2024 ».
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