What does vulgarism mean?
Vulgarism means Vulgarity..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Vulgarity..
Amidst his manuscript notes for Democratic Vistas he [Walt Whitman] wrote himself a reminder to "offset the statement of depravity [and] vulgarism ... of the masses by a full acknowledgment of the latent heroism."
"Shit" is a vulgarism.
Editors of newspapers allow more vulgarisms to go to print today than they used to.
We never descended to the vulgarism of a quarrel. People said that neither of us had a heart, but it appears to me that politeness is an excellent substitute.
Use vulgarism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vulgarism means Vulgarity..
Common synonyms include vulgarity, obscenity, coarseness, commonness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Amidst his manuscript notes for Democratic Vistas he [Walt Whitman] wrote himself a reminder to "offset the statement of depravity [and] vulgarism ... of the masses by a full acknowledgment of the latent heroism."
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