CRUDITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crudity mean? 

• CRUDITY (noun)
  The noun CRUDITY has 2 senses:

1. a wild or unrefined state

2. an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement

  Familiarity information: CRUDITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRUDITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wild or unrefined state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

crudeness; crudity; primitiveness; primitivism; rudeness

Hypernyms ("crudity" is a kind of...):

natural state; state of nature; wild (a wild primitive state untouched by civilization)

Derivation:

crude (not processed or subjected to analysis)

crude (belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness)

crude (not refined or processed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

crudeness; crudity; gaucheness

Context example:

the whole town was famous for its crudeness

Hypernyms ("crudity" is a kind of...):

impoliteness (a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage)

Derivation:

crude (conspicuously and tastelessly indecent)

 Context examples 

He noticed the bad grammar used by his shipmates, and made a point of mentally correcting and reconstructing their crudities of speech.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)