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CRASSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crassness mean?
• CRASSNESS (noun)
The noun CRASSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement
Familiarity information: CRASSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being crass--devoid of refinement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
crassitude; crassness
Hypernyms ("crassness" is a kind of...):
insensitiveness; insensitivity (the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment)
Derivation:
crass ((of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility)
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