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Currently under FCC policy, indecency determinations hinge on two factors. First, material must describe or depict sexual or excretory organs or activities. Second, the material must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium.
Doug Ose

Meaning of "indecency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INDECENCY

indecency  [ɪnˈdiːsənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDECENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indecency 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 INDECENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

indecency

Morality

Morality is the differentiation of intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are "good" and those that are "bad". Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of conduct from a particular philosophy, religion, culture, etc., or it can derive from a standard that a person believes should be universal. Morality may also be specifically synonymous with "goodness" or "rightness." Immorality is the active opposition to morality, while amorality is variously defined as an unawareness of, indifference toward, or disbelief in any set of moral standards or principles. Moral philosophy includes moral ontology, or the origin of morals, as well as moral epistemology, or what we know about morals. Different systems of expressing morality have been proposed, including deontological ethical systems which adhere to a set of established rules, and normative ethical systems which consider the merits of actions themselves. An example of normative ethical philosophy is the Golden Rule which states that, "One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself."...

Definition of indecency in the English dictionary

The definition of indecency in the dictionary is the state or quality of being indecent. Other definition of indecency is an indecent act, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDECENCY


acescency
əˈsɛsənsɪ
alkalescency
ˌælkəˈlɛsənsɪ
complacency
kəmˈpleɪsənsɪ
convalescency
ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsənsɪ
conversancy
kənˈvɜːsənsɪ
decency
ˈdiːsənsɪ
effervescency
ˌefəˈvesənsɪ
excrescency
ɪkˈskrɛsənsɪ
incandescency
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənsɪ
innocency
ˈɪnəsənsɪ
intumescency
ˌɪntjʊˈmɛsənsɪ
liquescency
lɪˈkwɛsənsɪ
lucency
ˈluːsənsɪ
nascency
ˈneɪsənsɪ
radiolucency
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈluːsənsɪ
recency
ˈriːsənsɪ
reticency
ˈretɪsənsɪ
reviviscency
ˌrɛvɪˈvɪsənsɪ
translucency
trænzˈluːsənsɪ
turgescency
tɜːˈdʒɛsənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDECENCY

indecencies
indecency charge
indecency law
indecent
indecent assault
indecent behaviour
indecent exposure
indecently
indeciduate
indeciduous
indecipherability
indecipherable
indecipherableness
indecipherably
indecision
indecisive
indecisively
indecisiveness
indeclinable
indeclinableness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDECENCY

adjacency
agency
coadjacency
connascency
consenescency
consistency
currency
efficiency
emergency
erubescency
frequency
gross indecency
interjacency
potency
quiescency
recrudescency
resipiscency
revivescency
subjacency
tendency

Synonyms and antonyms of indecency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INDECENCY»

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

Translation of «indecency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDECENCY

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

Translator English - Chinese

下流
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indecencia
570 millions of speakers

English

indecency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अभद्रता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفحشاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непристойность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indecência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অশ্লীলতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indécence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak senonoh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unanständigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

下品
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무례
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indecency
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không đoan trang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அநாகரீகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अश्लीलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ahlaksızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indecenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieprzyzwoitość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непристойність
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

onsedelikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

indecency
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uanstendighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indecency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDECENCY»

The term «indecency» is regularly used and occupies the 83.971 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of indecency
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDECENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «indecency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «indecency» 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 indecency

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2 QUOTES WITH «INDECENCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word indecency.
1
Anthony Lewis
Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity, of patronizing kindness. It is a matter of intense self-interest.
2
Doug Ose
Currently under FCC policy, indecency determinations hinge on two factors. First, material must describe or depict sexual or excretory organs or activities. Second, the material must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDECENCY»

Discover the use of indecency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indecency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
THE STORY: In early 1895, the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of Wilde's young lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, left a card at Wilde's club bearing the phrase "posing somdomite.
Moisés Kaufman, 1999
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Broadcast and Internet Indecency: Defining Free Speech
16 In particular cases, one or two of the factors may outweigh the others, either rendering the broadcast material patently offensive and consequently indecent, 17 or, alternatively, removing the broadcast material from the realm of indecency.
Jeremy Lipschultz, 2007
3
Not in Front of the Children: 'Indecency,' Censorship, and ...
From Plato’s argument for rigid censorship, through Victorian laws aimed at repressing libidinous thoughts, to contemporary battles over sex education in public schools and violence in the media, Heins guides us through what became, and ...
Marjorie Heins, 2007
4
The FCC and Regulating Indecency
Examines the government's increasing attempts to control the airwaves to maintain a standard of decency.
Paul Ruschmann, Alan Marzilli, 2009
5
Internet Indecency: Hearing Before the Committee on ...
Senate hearing on the availability of pornography & other sexually explicit materials on the Internet & how to minimize it.
John McCain, 1998
6
Obscenity and Indecency: Constitutional Principles and ...
Obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment and therefore may be banned. Other pornography or indecency may be regulated to serve compelling government interest provided that the least restrictive means available is used.
Henry Cohen, 2003
7
Obscenity, Child Pornography and Indecency
Obscenity, Child Pornography & Indecency
Mathew D. Clark, 2002
8
Boys at Sea: Sodomy, Indecency, and Courts Martial in ...
The book traces every feature of sexuality at sea, and provides a probing look at a dark and terrifying aspect of the lives of youngsters who served in Britain's warships.
B.R. Burg, 2007
9
Broadcast indecency: F.C.C. regulation and the First Amendment
This cutting-edge book treats broadcast indecency as a social phenomenon challenging the policy approach of government regulation.
Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, 1997
10
A Dance with Indecency
New York City, 1920s Bootleggers are breathing down hotelier Harry McMahon's neck.
Linda Skye, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDECENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indecency is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sudan: Two Christian women found guilty of public indecency
Two of the 12 women arrested when leaving church in Sudan on suspicion of committing "public indecency" for violating the dress code have ... «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
2
Oldham News | News Headlines | Indecency charge - Chronicle …
The Chronicle reported on Tuesday how police were investigating a number of indecency reports in different Saddleworth villages on Sunday. «Oldham Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
Slaton man indicted on indecency with a child charge | Lubbock …
Lubbock grand jurors indicted four men Tuesday on separate charges of money laundering, indecency with a child and cockfighting. Indecency ... «LubbockOnline.com, Jul 15»
4
New Reddit CEO Proposes Banning Harassment, Hiding Indecency
Reddit's returning CEO Steve Huffman took to the site Thursday to propose a new set of content guidelines that is meant to curb harassment, ... «Variety, Jul 15»
5
Fort Hood Soldier Indicted For Indecency With A Child
HARKER HEIGHTS (July 16, 2015) A Fort Hood soldier was named in an indictment Wednesday that charges him with indecency with a child ... «KWTX, Jul 15»
6
San Marcos Police Seek Identity of Suspect in Indecency Case
(San Marcos, TX)--San Marcos Police are looking for a man witnesses say videoed and exposed himself to a child in a San Marcos restaurant ... «Radio NB, Jul 15»
7
Southington man gets probation for indecency
Frank Lenge, 61, of 814 Laning St., pleaded guilty to public indecency at his hearing in Bristol Superior Court. He entered his plea under the ... «Newbritainherald, Jul 15»
8
Man sentenced to jail time for public indecency incidents at library …
Dakota Cornell, 21, was sentenced to an aggregate of 180 days in jail and fined $650 for a total of four public indecency counts -- which are ... «Ashland Times Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Man accused of sexual indecency with a child
A judge found probable cause Monday to charge Bennie Louis Scales, 38, of Jonesboro with sexual indecency with a child. According to court ... «WMC Action News 5, Jul 15»
10
Moroccan women cleared of gross indecency for wearing 'too tight …
Protesters gather in Rabat to demonstrate against the arrest and charging of two women with gross indecency for wearing skirts police claimed ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Indecency [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/indecency>. May 2024 ».
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