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noun

Vulgarism n.

Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.

A vulgar phrase or expression. "A fastidious taste will find offense in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call "slang," which not a few of our writers seem to have affected."

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Etymology of 'Vulgarism'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Vulgarism" Quotes from Famous Books

... Such are the great events of Greek and Roman fable and history, which early education and the usual course of reading have made familiar and interesting to all Europe, without being degraded by the vulgarism of ordinary life in any country. Such, too, are the capital subjects of Scripture history, which, besides their general notoriety, become venerable by their connection with ...

— Seven Discourses on Art • Joshua Reynolds

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