crudity
/ˈkruːdɪti
/noun [mass noun]
1The quality of being rudimentary or makeshift; primitiveness: he criticises the crudity of design...
- Simplicity, however, does not mean crudity, does not mean absence of art.
- In this way he strove to explain away the crudities of the literal narrative.
- Sinaisky lets it rip, wallowing in the graphic crudity of the score.
Synonyms
primitiveness, simplicity, oversimplicity, roughness, inaccuracy;
lack of refinement, lack of sophistication
dated rudeness
vulgarity, rudeness, suggestiveness, raciness, earthiness, bawdiness, blueness, smuttiness, smut, lewdness, salaciousness, licentiousness, ribaldry, seaminess, dirtiness, filthiness, dirt, filth, boorishness, coarseness, uncouthness, indecency, obscenity, indelicacy, crassness, tastelessness, offensiveness
informal naughtiness, raunchiness, sleaziness, steaminess, porn
British informal fruitiness, sauciness
North American informal gaminess
2The quality of being offensively coarse or rude; vulgarity: the crudity of the language...
- The single most important thing is for Latham not to back down or revert to crudity.
- Its advantage is its directness, its disadvantage its crudity.
- The visual language of the adaptation is at first glance straightforward almost to the point of crudity.
