vulgarism

== English == === Etymology === From vulgar + -ism. === Noun === vulgarism (countable and uncountable, plural vulgarisms) Vulgarity. Walt Whitman quoted in 1998, Richard J. Ellis, The Dark Side of the Left: Illiberal Egalitarianism in America (page 79) Amidst his manuscript notes for Democratic Vistas he [Walt Whitman] wrote himself a reminder to "offset the statement of depravity [and] vulgarism ... of the masses by a full acknowledgment of the latent heroism." (grammar) A word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar. "Shit" is a vulgarism. A spelling, word, or phrase used in common speech that is considered improper or incorrect for formal communication. ==== Related terms ==== vulgar vulgarist vulgarity ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “vulgarism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French vulgarisme. By surface analysis, vulgar +‎ -ism. === Noun === vulgarism n (plural vulgarisme) vulgarism ==== Declension ====