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BLATANCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blatancy mean?
• BLATANCY (noun)
The noun BLATANCY has 1 sense:
1. the property of being both obvious and offensive
Familiarity information: BLATANCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being both obvious and offensive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the blatancy of his attempt to whitewash the crime was unforgivable
Hypernyms ("blatancy" is a kind of...):
noticeability; noticeableness; obviousness; patency (the property of being easy to see and understand)
distastefulness; odiousness; offensiveness (the quality of being offensive)
Derivation:
blatant (conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry)
blatant (without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious)
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