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English
Etymology
From in- + decent + -cy.
Pronunciation
Noun
indecency (plural indecencies)
- Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent.
One sure sign of indecency is criticizing foreigners constantly, but remaining silent about the problems within your own land, or by your own people, or both.
- Something showing lack of decency; something (such as a word) that is indecent.
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Translations
lack of decency
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- Bulgarian: непристойност (bg) f (nepristojnost)
- Catalan: indecència (ca) f
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- Finnish: sopimattomuus (fi), siveettömyys (fi), säädyttömyys (fi), räävittömyys (fi)
- French: indécence (fr) f
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- German: Unanständigkeit (de) f, Anstößigkeit (de) f
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- Italian: indecenza (it) f
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- Middle English: dishoneste
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- Polish: nieprzyzwoitość (pl) f
- Portuguese: indecência f
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- Turkish: ahlaksızlık (tr), açık saçıklık (tr)
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something showing lack of decency