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| has gloss | (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity, commonness, coarseness |
| has gloss | eng: "Vulgarism" (also called scurrility) derives from Latin vulgus, the "mean folk", and has carried into English its original connotations linking it with the low and coarse motivations that were supposed to be naturally endemic to the meaner classes, who were not moved by higher motives like fame for posterity and honor among peers—motives that were alleged to move the literate classes. Thus the concept of vulgarism carries cultural freight from the outset, and from some social and religious perspectives it does not genuinely exist, or—and perhaps this amounts to the same thing—ought not to exist. Definition Although most dictionaries offer "obscene word or language" as a definition for vulgarism, others have insisted that a vulgarism in English usage is different from either profanity or obscenity, cultural concepts which connote offenses against a deity and the community respectively. One kind of vulgarism, defined by the OED as "a colloquialism of a low or unrefined character," substitutes a coarse word where the context might lead the reader to expect a more refined expression: "the tits on Botticelli's Venus" is a vulgarism. |
| lexicalization | eng: coarseness |
| lexicalization | eng: commonness |
| lexicalization | eng: grossness |
| lexicalization | eng: raunch |
| lexicalization | eng: vulgarism |
| lexicalization | eng: vulgarity |
| lexicalization | eng: Vulgar |
| subclass of | (noun) the quality of lacking refinement and good taste inelegance |
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| Standard Arabic | |
| lexicalization | arb: حديث ماجن |
| Asturian | |
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| lexicalization | ast: tosquedá |
| lexicalization | ast: vulgaridá |
| Bulgarian | |
| lexicalization | bul: неприлични изрази |
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| lexicalization | bul: вулгаризъм |
| Catalan | |
| lexicalization | cat: vulgaritat |
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| lexicalization | cat: tosquedat |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: vulgárnost |
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| lexicalization | ces: nevkusnost |
| lexicalization | ces: sprostota |
| lexicalization | ces: vulgarismus |
| Mandarin Chinese | |
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| lexicalization | cmn: è su |
| lexicalization | cmn: 恶俗 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 惡俗 |
| lexicalization | cmn: chǒu hua |
| lexicalization | cmn: 丑话 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 醜話 |
| lexicalization | cmn: cū xi |
| lexicalization | cmn: 粗細 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 粗细 |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Vulgarität (Adjektiv: „vulgär“; synonym „ordinär“, zumeist adjektivisch gebraucht) bezeichnet die Eigenschaft des Unkultivierten, Gewöhnlichen, Niederen oder auch Unflätigen. Vulgär im letzteren Sinne bezeichnet insbesondere Sprachelemente, Verhaltensmuster und Handlungen, die bezüglich vorherrschender Normen als tabu gelten. Beispielsweise werden Vulgärsprache, grobe Umgangsformen und rüpelhaftes Benehmen, oder das aufdringliche Zurschaustellen von Reichtum oder sexuellen „Vorzügen“ als vulgär empfunden. |
| lexicalization | deu: Vulgarität |
| lexicalization | deu: schamloses Gerede |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | |
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| lexicalization | ell: δημοτική |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: maldelikateco |
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| lexicalization | epo: maldelikataĵo |
| lexicalization | epo: malĝentilaĵo |
| lexicalization | epo: krudeco |
| lexicalization | epo: vulgarismo |
| lexicalization | epo: malĝentileco |
| lexicalization | epo: sendelikateco |
| lexicalization | epo: vulgareco |
| Basque | |
| lexicalization | eus: arruntasun |
| Finnish | |
| has gloss | fin: Alatyyli on karkeuksia sisältävä kielellinen ilmaisutyyli. |
| lexicalization | fin: alatyyli |
| lexicalization | fin: kiroilu |
| lexicalization | fin: rahvaanomaisuus |
| lexicalization | fin: härskiys |
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| lexicalization | fin: vulgarismi |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: vulgarité |
| lexicalization | fra: grossièreté de langage |
| lexicalization | fra: vulgaire |
| Gaelic | |
| lexicalization | gla: gràisgealachd |
| Galician | |
| lexicalization | glg: vulgaridade |
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| lexicalization | glg: vulgarismo |
| Hindi | |
| lexicalization | hin: GatiyApana |
| lexicalization | hin: apariRkqwawA |
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| lexicalization | hin: अश्लीलता |
| Croatian | |
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| lexicalization | hrv: prostota |
| Hungarian | |
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| lexicalization | hun: otrombaság |
| lexicalization | hun: vastagság |
| Armenian | |
| lexicalization | hye: գռեհկություն |
| Indonesian | |
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| lexicalization | ind: kekasaran/kegemukan/ketebalan |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: turpiloquio |
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| lexicalization | ita: volgarità |
| lexicalization | ita: sguaiataggine |
| lexicalization | ita: sguaiateria |
| lexicalization | ita: sguaiatezza |
| lexicalization | ita: grevità |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 야비함 |
| lexicalization | kor: 속악 |
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| lexicalization | kor: 예의없음 |
| lexicalization | kor: 조야함 |
| lexicalization | kor: 초라함 |
| lexicalization | kor: 농후 |
| lexicalization | kor: 조잡;외설 |
| lexicalization | kor: 누추함 |
| lexicalization | kor: 어법의 오용 |
| lexicalization | kor: 잘못된 말투 |
| Lithuanian | |
| lexicalization | lit: vulgarybė |
| lexicalization | lit: vulgarumas |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: Een vulgarisme is een stijlfiguur waarbij als "plat" bekend staande woorden worden gebruikt, meestal bedoeld om te choqueren. |
| lexicalization | nld: Vulgarisme |
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| lexicalization | nld: obscene praat |
| lexicalization | nld: onzedelijke praat |
| lexicalization | nld: schunnige praat |
| Norwegian | |
| has gloss | nor: Vulgærspråk av latin:vulgus (simpelt) var brukt om enkelte sosiolekter som uttrykker seg svært konkret og direkte, med ord og uttrykk som «det gode selskap» av borgerlige helst ikke ville høre. |
| lexicalization | nor: vulgærspråk |
| Iranian Persian | |
| lexicalization | pes: صحبت وقيح |
| Polish | |
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| lexicalization | pol: przekleństwa |
| lexicalization | pol: wulgaryzmy |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: obscenidades |
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| lexicalization | por: grosseria |
| Moldavian | |
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| lexicalization | ron: vulgaritate |
| Russian | |
| has gloss | rus: Вульга́рность (от — простонародный) — этическая категория, обозначающая порок сквернословия, назойливости и чрезмерной сексуальности. |
| lexicalization | rus: Вульгарность |
| lexicalization | rus: вулюгарность |
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| lexicalization | rus: вульгарность |
| Slovak | |
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| lexicalization | slk: hulvátstvo |
| lexicalization | slk: obyčajnosť |
| lexicalization | slk: neotesanosť |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: grosería |
| lexicalization | spa: vulgaridad |
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| lexicalization | spa: zafiedad |
| lexicalization | spa: grandor |
| Serbian | |
| has gloss | srp: Вулгаризми настају као потреба да се ослободимо негативних осећања, али представљају одраз изразите језичке некултуре. Оне су саставни део псовки и увредљивих коментара. Данас се могу срести на многим местима (књижевности, музици, филмовима) али их треба избегавати. |
| lexicalization | srp: Вулгаризам |
| Swedish | |
| has gloss | swe: Ordet vulgär (latin vulgaris ’alldaglig’, av vulgus ’gemene man’) innebar ursprungligen att något var alldagligt eller vanligt förekommande men har med tiden kommit att skifta betydelse till rå, oförfinad eller osmaklig. Utvecklingen kommer sig av att ordet i betydelsen folklig har använts i nedsättande bemärkelse. |
| lexicalization | swe: vulgär |
| lexicalization | swe: vulgaritet |
| Thai | |
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| lexicalization | tha: ภาษาหยาบคาย |
| lexicalization | tha: สิ่งที่หยาบคาย |
| lexicalization | tha: ความสามหาว |
| lexicalization | tha: คำหยาบ |
| lexicalization | tha: นิสัยหยาบคาย |
| lexicalization | tha: ลักษณะธรรมดา ๆ |
| Turkish | |
| lexicalization | tur: kabalýk |
| lexicalization | tur: bayaðýlýk |
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| lexicalization | tur: kaba söz |
| lexicalization | tur: basitlik |
| Ukrainian | |
| lexicalization | ukr: вульгарність |
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| lexicalization | ukr: брутальність |
| lexicalization | ukr: грубість |
| lexicalization | ukr: вульгаризм |
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| similar | e/Vulgarism |
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