blatancy
noun
bla·tan·cy
ˈblā-tᵊn(t)-sē 
plural blatancies
1
: the quality or state of being blatant
2
: something that is blatant
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The ideological blatancy produces some stylistic infelicities.
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Pricilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
The blatancy of this white supremacist, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant — all of this stuff is, in my lifetime as an American citizen, fairly new.
—Gabe Friedman, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2019
Donald Trump has brought blatancy to the presidency.
—Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2018
Let’s Make Out’ New wave structure meets punk blatancy and 21st-century gender fluency in this opening salvo from Dream Wife, a London art-school trio with an Icelandic singer-screamer, Rakel Mjöll.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
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Pricilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
The blatancy of this white supremacist, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant — all of this stuff is, in my lifetime as an American citizen, fairly new.
—Gabe Friedman, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2019
Donald Trump has brought blatancy to the presidency.
—Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2018
Let’s Make Out’ New wave structure meets punk blatancy and 21st-century gender fluency in this opening salvo from Dream Wife, a London art-school trio with an Icelandic singer-screamer, Rakel Mjöll.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
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“Blatancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blatancy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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