Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being salacious; lust; lecherousness; strong propensity to venery.
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- noun The state or characteristic of being
salacious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
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Examples
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All I know about salaciousness is that various women's committees and other self-appointed censors are against it.
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Still, Lat faced questions about the "salaciousness" of the postings, purported inaccuracies of the content and accusations that it fosters an environment of panic.
Law.com - Newswire 2009
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Still, Lat faced questions about the "salaciousness" of the postings, purported inaccuracies of the content and accusations that it fosters an environment of panic.
Law.com - Newswire 2009
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The story is a classic one, well-told, managing to tread the difficult line between conveying thehorrific crime without salaciousness, and sympathy with the victim and her family.
Book review Maxine 2009
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The story is a classic one, well-told, managing to tread the difficult line between conveying thehorrific crime without salaciousness, and sympathy with the victim and her family.
February 2009 Maxine 2009
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But there is nothing like being able to offer salaciousness, in the guise of serious news, to arouse the viewing public.
Rabbi Irwin Kula: The Roasting Of Weiner And The Public Good Rabbi Irwin Kula 2011
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The British media may be attacked for the weakness of its investigative reporting and the salaciousness and dodgy practices of the tabloids, but I would rather err on the side of a profession that is hard to control than one that is pliant.
Privacy decisions can't just be left to judges and politicians 2011
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Because the combination of sex, class warfare and the race card formed a trifecta for salaciousness.
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But there is nothing like being able to offer salaciousness, in the guise of serious news, to arouse the viewing public.
Rabbi Irwin Kula: The Roasting Of Weiner And The Public Good Rabbi Irwin Kula 2011
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But there is nothing like being able to offer salaciousness, in the guise of serious news, to arouse the viewing public.
Rabbi Irwin Kula: The Roasting Of Weiner And The Public Good Rabbi Irwin Kula 2011
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