offensiveness

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offensiveness

noun offensivenesses

countable, uncountable The quality of being offensive. Some slurs like “slut” and “retard” vary in their perceived offensiveness to those polled, but also include some incredibly offensive words like the “N-word.”

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@misc{offensiveness_2026,
  title = {offensiveness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/offensiveness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}