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Recent Examples of offensiveness
During this period, Dhillon moved away from the Review’s gleeful offensiveness toward positions suggesting a more moderate conservatism.
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Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2025
There was a Lynchian quality to the podcast, a fun-house-size absurdism that offset its overt offensiveness.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
But Vanderbilt framed its investigation around offensiveness, not professional ethics—and offensiveness is not itself grounds for investigation.
—Jonathan Marks, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2025
There was a Lynchian quality to the podcast, a fun-house-size absurdism that offset its overt offensiveness.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
But Vanderbilt framed its investigation around offensiveness, not professional ethics—and offensiveness is not itself grounds for investigation.
—Jonathan Marks, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offensiveness
Noun
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Brianna seems to swing between two moods: intense enthusiasm, intense repugnance.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.—
Salam Fayyad,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2024
Noun
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On the morning of a day that would live in girls' sports infamy, a letter was handed out to coaches who entered a championship track and field meet at Moorpark High School.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Claudine Longet, the French-American chanteuse whose first fame in music, on TV and as the wife of singing star Andy Williams was dwarfed by infamy after her fatal shooting of the Olympic skier Spider Sabich in 1976, has died.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Spock is this brilliant, arrogant, aloof-to-the-point-of-obnoxiousness genius.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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His loudness and obnoxiousness are personal liabilities that can become functional assets for the rest of the cast.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But mothers who’d hunted long for that title knew that this unpleasantness was welcome, embraced.—
‘Pemi Aguda,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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But Israelis have managed to endure even the latest unpleasantness with characteristic resilience.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The deadliest so far was the mass slaughter at a Hanukkah party on Sydney’s Bondi Beach in December, but perhaps only luck and good police work have prevented an even worse atrocity on American soil.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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The religious atrocities were truly horrific and astounding.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Sustainable credentials are also on point, with PFAS-free water repellency, ethically sourced suede uppers, and an outsole made from post-consumer plastic and agricultural waste.—
Chris Haslam,
Wired News,
24 May 2026
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Ridestore subjects materials to failure testing during both development and production, evaluating bond strength in laminated membranes, water-repellency performance and trim durability before materials move into manufacturing.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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The undesirability of the undead state is inherent in the term itself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 May 2026
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There are hyper-local gags about the Williamsburg bar Union Pool and the undesirability of living in the Financial District, and a creature known as Rat Pizza — like Pizza Rat in reverse.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Offensiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offensiveness. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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