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Meaning of "salaciousness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SALACIOUSNESS

salaciousness  [səˈleɪʃəsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SALACIOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Salaciousness 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 SALACIOUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

salaciousness

Obscenity

An obscenity is any statement or act which strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time. It is derived from the Latin obscaena a cognate of the Ancient Greek root skene, because some potentially offensive content, such as murder or sex, was depicted offstage in classical drama. The word can be used to indicate a strong moral repugnance, in expressions such as "obscene profits" or "the obscenity of war".

Definition of salaciousness in the English dictionary

The definition of salaciousness in the dictionary is the quality or state of having an excessive interest in sex. Other definition of salaciousness is the quality or state of being erotic, bawdy, or lewd.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SALACIOUSNESS


ambitiousness
æmˈbɪʃəsnəs
auspiciousness
ɔːˈspɪʃəsnəs
capriciousness
kəˈprɪʃəsnəs
contumaciousness
ˌkɒntjʊˈmeɪʃəsnəs
deliciousness
dɪˈlɪʃəsnəs
efficaciousness
ˌefɪˈkeɪʃəsnəs
expeditiousness
ˌekspɪˈdɪʃəsnəs
fictitiousness
fɪkˈtɪʃəsnəs
flagitiousness
fləˈdʒɪʃəsnəs
flirtatiousness
flɜːˈteɪʃəsnəs
inauspiciousness
ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəsnəs
inefficaciousness
ˌɪnefɪˈkeɪʃəsnəs
injudiciousness
ˌɪndʒʊˈdɪʃəsnəs
maliciousness
məˈlɪʃəsnəs
perspicaciousness
ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəsnəs
repetitiousness
ˌrepɪˈtɪʃəsnəs
seditiousness
sɪˈdɪʃəsnəs
ungraciousness
ˈʌnˈɡreɪʃəsnəs
veraciousness
vɛˈreɪʃəsnəs
vivaciousness
vɪˈveɪʃəsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SALACIOUSNESS

salaam
salability
salable
salableness
salably
salacious
salaciously
salacity
salad
salad bar
salad bowl
salad burnet
salad cream
salad days
salad dish
salad dressing
salad oil
salad servers
salad shaker
salad spinner

WORDS THAT END LIKE SALACIOUSNESS

biliousness
business
carelessness
consciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of salaciousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «salaciousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SALACIOUSNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

淫秽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

salaciousness
570 millions of speakers

English

salaciousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

salaciousness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سفاهة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

salaciousness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

salaciousness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

salaciousness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grivoiserie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesabaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schlüpfrigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

salaciousness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

salaciousness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Salaciousness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

salaciousness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

salaciousness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लैंगिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

salaciousness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

salaciousness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

salaciousness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

salaciousness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

salaciousness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασέλγεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wellus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

salaciousness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

salaciousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of salaciousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SALACIOUSNESS»

The term «salaciousness» is normally little used and occupies the 150.303 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of salaciousness
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SALACIOUSNESS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SALACIOUSNESS»

Discover the use of salaciousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to salaciousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir
A former Secret Service agent recounts his shared experiences with the former First Lady before and after her husband's death, discussing the birth of John, Jr., and Jackie's first encounters with Aristotle Onassis.
Clint Hill, 2012
2
The Slave Girls of Baghdad: The Qiyan in the Early Abbasid Era
But the majority of the exchanges between 'Inān and Abū Nuwās are characterised by salaciousness, with no restraint shown by either party in the use of extremely gross language excoriating the moral characters of each other. They are worth ...
F. Matthew Caswell, 2011
3
Banished Voices: Readings in Ovid's Exile Poetry
Examines the literary complexities of the melancholic poetry which Ovid wrote while in exile in Tomis.
Gareth D. Williams, 1994
4
Mademoiselle Giraud, My Wife
Adolphe Belot was the envy of his contemporaries Emile Zola and Gustave Flaubert: his books, unlike theirs, were best-sellers.
Adolphe Belot, 2002
5
JOYCE'S ULYSSES FOR EVERYONE
To say that salaciousness in a novel is dehumanizing is, at the very least, to pull a map out of one's pocket to see if the novel can be located in the right country. And to say further that women should be excluded from the joys and insights of ...
JOHN MOOD, 2004
6
The Decameron Third Day in Perspective
... Inferno, 156, 176; innocence, 8; irony, 220; Life of Maria the Harlot, 4, 8, 226; Life of St Mary of Egypt, 221, 225—6; lustfulness, 204; naturalism, 220; parodies, 10—11, 221—2; as pornography, 172; rhetoric, 219; salaciousness of, 216; satire , ...
Francesco Ciabattoni, Pier Massimo Forni, 2014
7
Black Like Me
... Don (photographer) 134, 144, 145, 238 (photo section 149156) salaciousness and “democratic” 28 rape 94, 103-05 salacious restroom notices 82-83 “verbal pornography” 87-95 Savage Inequalities (Jonathan Kozol) 216, 236 segregation  ...
John Howard Griffin, 2006
8
Rivers of Life
He calls the column “a lion pillar, shaft plain with a capital carrying four lions,” it representing Power and cat-like salaciousness. The general plan is unmistakbly Phallic. These pillars are a prominent feature of Boodhist sacred buildings, and ...
J.G. R. Forlong
9
The Hispanic Labyrinth: Tradition and Modernity in the ...
But it is a very different thing to maintain the extravagant notion that the contrast between the two colonizations owes to the fact that "the English abandoned the colonized peoples to their own natural propensities and salaciousness.
Xavier Rubert de Ventós, 1989
10
Ethics at the Cinema
Even when a human context is provided in a work as a whole, any lapse into salaciousness, into savoring sexual stimulation for its own sake, is apt to bring the shutters down, and it remains an artistic failing, even when it does not constitute a ...
Ward E. Jones, Samantha Vice, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SALACIOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term salaciousness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
“Courtney killed Kurt”: The legend continues in Soaked In Bleach
Still, Soaked In Bleach counters that salaciousness with believable, credentialed talking heads, most notably Norm Stamper, who was Chief of the Seattle P.D. at ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jun 15»
2
Jerry Springer Talks 'WWE Too Hot For TV'
The Sultan of Salaciousness has partnered up with WWE to tackle the company's most outrageous moments in their history. It will pull no punches but would you ... «Crave Online, Apr 15»
3
Unmasking the Glow
Conventional beauty, above-average intelligence, and vertiginous salaciousness are obvious assets, but I think, or, at least, like to think, that, at the substratum ... «Gawker, Apr 15»
4
Robert Durst's Attorney Says Prosecutors 'Don't Have Evidence'
This case has all of the salaciousness that attracts attention. Reporter: Degeurin telling us durst has as bepberger syndrome which influenced him to do "The jinx ... «ABC News, Apr 15»
5
BWW Interviews: Banks Brothers Productions' Vincent Victoria Talks …
We were presented as nannies and maids. Nothing that was really positive. That's my purpose in this. It's not necessarily focusing on the salaciousness of nudity. «Broadway World, Mar 15»
6
NFL Regional Combines are a low-budget football version of …
There is no shortage of entertainment, and so much easy-to-reach salaciousness, that nuance occasionally gets left to rot on a high shelf. Simply, you're likely ... «SB Nation, Mar 15»
7
Happy birthday Triple J: Australian radio's enfant terrible turns 40
Commercial stations had refused the song airtime because of the salaciousness of its content. With this gesture, Double Jay staked its territory as the enfant ... «The Conversation AU, Jan 15»
8
In Pakistan, a TV show focuses on a topic once taboo: Sex
The show doesn't mirror the occasional salaciousness of American daytime television talk shows or the winking raunchiness of Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Instead ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
9
Bill O'Reilly Attacks NPR For 'Mocking Jesus' In A Possibly …
When it comes to salaciousness, Bill O'Reilly is no stranger. The court documents from the sexual harassment suit, filed against him by his former producer, are ... «NewsHounds, Dec 14»
10
Christie Blatchford: There are reasons beyond salaciousness to …
It's the story that just won't go away, and more's the pity. Most often, it's been the convicted felon Karla Homolka who has unpleasantly floated to the surface of ... «National Post, Jul 14»

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