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offensivenesses

offensivenesses is the plural of offensiveness.

Meaning of offensiveness

Noun

offensiveness (countable and uncountable, plural offensivenesses)

  1. The quality of being offensive.
    • Some slurs like “slut” and “retard” vary in their perceived offensiveness to those polled, but also include some incredibly offensive words like the “N-word.”2011 September 21, Erica Ho, “Poll Finds Young People Aren’t Bothered by Slurs Used Online”, in Time, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2019

Questions about offensivenesses

What is offensivenesses the plural of?
Offensivenesses is the plural of offensiveness.

Words near offensivenesses in the dictionary

  1. offensive to pious ears
  2. offensive zone
  3. offensive zones
  4. offensively
  5. offensiveness
  6. offensivenesses
  7. offensives
  8. offensivity
  9. offer
  10. offer a knee
  11. offer affordances

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