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Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Meaning of "profaneness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROFANENESS

profaneness  [prəˈfeɪnnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROFANENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Profaneness 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 PROFANENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of profaneness in the English dictionary

The first definition of profaneness in the dictionary is the quality or state of having or indicating contempt, irreverence, or disrespect for a divinity or something sacred. Other definition of profaneness is the quality or state of not being designed or used for religious purposes; secularity. Profaneness is also the quality or state of not being initiated into the inner mysteries or sacred rites.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROFANENESS


arcaneness
ɑːˈkeɪnnəs
clandestineness
klænˈdɛstɪnnəs
condignness
kənˈdaɪnnəs
divineness
dɪˈvaɪnnəs
fainness
ˈfeɪnnəs
feminineness
ˈfɛmɪnɪnnəs
foreignness
ˈfɒrɪnnəs
inaneness
ɪˈneɪnnəs
insaneness
ɪnˈseɪnnəs
masculineness
ˈmæskjʊlɪnnəs
maudlinness
ˈmɔːdlɪnnəs
mundaneness
ˌmʌnˈdeɪnnəs
planeness
ˈpleɪnnəs
saneness
ˈseɪnnəs
sanguineness
ˈsæŋɡwɪnnəs
superfineness
ˌsuːpəˈfaɪnnəs
supineness
suːˈpaɪnnəs
ungenuineness
ʌnˈdʒɛnjʊɪnnəs
urbaneness
ɜːˈbeɪnnəs
vainness
ˈveɪnnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROFANENESS

prof
Prof.
proface
profamily
profanation
profanatory
profane
profanely
profaner
profanities
profanity
profascist
profectitious
profeminist
profess
professed
professedly
profession
profession of faith
professional

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROFANENESS

adhesiveness
appropriateness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
cuteness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of profaneness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «profaneness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROFANENESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

亵渎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

profanidad
570 millions of speakers

English

profaneness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

profaneness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفسق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нечестие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

profanação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

profaneness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

impiété
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kotor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Profankeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

profaneness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

profaneness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Profaneness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

profaneness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

profaneness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपवित्रता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

profaneness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

profanità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

profaneness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безбожність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

profan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

profaneness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goddeloosheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

profaneness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

profaneness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of profaneness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFANENESS»

The term «profaneness» is normally little used and occupies the 148.166 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of profaneness
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFANENESS» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «PROFANENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word profaneness.
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Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFANENESS»

Discover the use of profaneness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to profaneness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Imposture exposed, in a few brief remarks on the ...
Josiah Hard. is without the limits of the narrow circle of their connexions, can hope to be treated with candour, urbanity, or even common honesty.* While they pretend to great reverence for the Episcopacy, they insult and vilify its greatest ...
Josiah Hard, 1801
2
A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the ...
This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher.
Jeremy Collier, 2011
3
Immorality, Debauchery, and Profaneness, Exposed to the ...
This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher.
George Meriton, 2010
4
A practical treatise of the laws relating to the clergy
Generally — Statutes relating to blasphemy and profaneness — Stat. 1 Edit. 6. e. 1. — Stat. 1 Eliz. c 2. — Any minuter speaking in derogation of, or any person hi writings or words depraving the Book of Common Prayer — Stat. 3 Jac 1. & SI.
Archibald John Stephens, 1848
5
The Principal Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of ...
suppressing Popery and profaneness, and for managing the Royal Bounty for these ends, according to, and in terms of, his Majesty's grant to this Assembly. In prosecution of which purposes, the Committee are to appoint Preachers and ...
Church of Scotland. General Assembly, 1801
6
A Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the ...
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.
Jeremy Collier, 2010
7
Churches No Charnel-Houses: Being, an Enquiry Into the ...
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.
Thomas Lewis, 2010
8
Sermons
PROFANENESS. There are two kinds of Profaneness, into which many, and those, sometimes, of religious character in other respects, fall. Cultivation of manners, a refined sense of propriety, or a delicacy of moral feeling, will cause many to ...
John Emery Abbot, Henry Ware, 1829
9
An exposition of the prophet Ezekiel: with useful ...
This prince of Israel was Zedekiah, and the titles given nim are, not, Your saored majesty, or, Your excellency's highness, but, " Thou profane wicked prince." His profaneness and wickedness doubtless was great, though much be not specified  ...
William Greenhill, James Sherman, 1839
10
John Dryden: The Critical Heritage
Extracts from Jeremy Collier (1650-1726), A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage: Together with The Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument (1698). 'I have been wrongfully accus'd', says Dryden in the Preface to  ...
James Kinsley, Helen Kinsley, 1971

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFANENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term profaneness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Book review | 'Naked at Lunch' gives funny, sometimes profane, look …
That leads me to one of the negatives: This book's profaneness can sometimes descend into juvenility. That goes double in the repetition that ... «Myrtle Beach Sun News, Jul 15»
2
The Bookworm Sez: Curiosity will bring you back to this book
That leads me to one of the negatives: this book's profaneness can sometimes descend into juvenility. That goes double in the repetition that ... «Kenai Peninsula Online, Jul 15»
3
This Year's Asian Film Festival Is Restrained, but Only by Its Standards
I can't be the only one to miss the pre-CGI stunt-string salad days of old Tsui Hark, the eviscerating profaneness of old Takashi Miike, and the ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
4
The Monarchs: King George III - America's Last King - Born On This …
... instituted a regular prayer meeting for his council and began campaigning throughout his kingdom against vice, profaneness and immorality. «Anglotopia.net, Jun 15»
5
On Being Right about Right and Wrong
... especially if what they were doing involved pleasure, excess, and 'the torrent of profaneness that every day makes more rapid advances.'”). «Daily Beast, May 15»
6
Ben Franklin's Calvinist Father
... profaneness, and atheism amongst us.” Although such mandates sound ominous to modern ears, Ben Franklin averred in his autobiography ... «Patheos, Feb 15»
7
The 1807 Froberg regiment mutiny at Fort Ricasoli
... “ferocious savages [who] in the last moments of their existence testified such horrid proofs of extreme depravity and barbarous profaneness, ... «Times of Malta, Feb 15»
8
Give thanks for Chelmsford, the birthplace of the USA
Partly thanks to Wainwright, one assumes, he found the town full of drunks, with 'more profaneness than devotion'. But Hooker 'quickly cleared ... «OUPblog, Nov 14»
9
The Windsors and the importance of 'the Family'
George published his Proclamation for the Encouragement of Piety and Virtue, and for the Preventing and Punishing of Vices, Profaneness, ... «Royal Central, Nov 14»
10
The Overflow of God – A Great Global Christian Gathering.
... "like" an impetuous flood, threatening to carry all, introducing his flood of greed, immorality and profaneness, as in the days of Noah and Lot, ... «Christian Post, Dec 13»

REFERENCE
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