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.

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  • noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

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Examples

  • All I know about salaciousness is that various women's committees and other self-appointed censors are against it.

    Sex and Violence on the Bookstalls 1960

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Because the combination of sex, class warfare and the race card formed a trifecta for salaciousness.

    Men and Women at Yale, Is Boola Boola a Sexist Chant? 2011

  • 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

  • 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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