пошлость

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Etymology

From по́шлый (póšlyj, vulgar) +‎ -ость (-ostʹ, abstract noun suffix).

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Noun

по́шлость (póšlostʹf inan (genitive по́шлости, nominative plural по́шлости, genitive plural по́шлостей)

  1. (countable) vulgarity
  2. (uncountable) vulgarism
  3. (aesthetic) poshlost

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