indecency
noun
in·de·cen·cy
(ˌ)in-ˈdē-sᵊn(t)-sē 
1
: the quality or state of being indecent
2
: something (such as a word or action) that is indecent
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Examples of indecency in a Sentence
The book has been criticized for indecency.
I was shocked by the indecency of their language.
He was accused of sexual indecencies.
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Molina, a gay hairdresser convicted of public indecency during Argentina’s brutal military dictatorship, has been sent to the political wing of a prison and put in the same cell as Valentin Arregui (a solid, if unremarkable Diego Luna), an intense and serious-minded Marxist revolutionary.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025
Set amid Argentina’s Dirty War of the 1980s, the film follows Valentín, a political prisoner played by Diego Luna, who shares a cell with Molina, played by Tonatiuh, a window dresser convicted of public indecency.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
In a grimy torture complex of a Buenos Aires prison as military dictatorship rages in the outside world, Luis is locked up for public indecency, while Valentin is behind bars for his participation in a leftist revolutionary group trying to topple the government.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025
Set amid Argentina’s Dirty War of the 1980s, the film follows Valentín, a political prisoner played by Diego Luna, who shares a cell with Molina, played by Tonatiuh, a window dresser convicted of public indecency.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
In a grimy torture complex of a Buenos Aires prison as military dictatorship rages in the outside world, Luis is locked up for public indecency, while Valentin is behind bars for his participation in a leftist revolutionary group trying to topple the government.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Indecency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indecency. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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indecency
noun
in·de·cen·cy
(ˈ)in-ˈdēs-ən-sē
plural indecencies
1
: lack of decency
2
: an indecent act or word
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