obscenity

     

Obscenity (in Latin obscenus, meaning "foul, repulsive, etestable"), is a term that is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time.

Trivia about obscenity

  • Justice Brennan, dissenting in Paris Adult Theater v. Slaton, said this quality is too vaguely defined to regulate

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