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  • n  the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

  • Thus to many serious critics, and they are by no means all bluenoses or comstockians, the explosion of salacity in cinema, theater and book rack is disturbing.
  • The picture makes an elephantine gesture at salacity, butsince no one was around the studio to joggle the camerathe model, professionally attired, remained just outside the .
  • The movie is at its Rabelaisian best when it sticks to salacity, at its worst when it attempts sagacity by commenting on life's meaninglessness.

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