Illicitness (Noun)
Meaning
The quality of not conforming strictly to law.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The artist's work explored the themes of love, sex, and illicitness, challenging societal norms and sparking controversy.
- The movie's illicitness lay in its frank depiction of prostitution and corruption in the police department.
- Her feelings for him were rooted in the illicitness of their relationship, forbidden as it was by the societal rules that governed her world.
- The rebels' willingness to take up arms was driven by the illicitness of their actions, and the excitement that came with it.
- The law struggled to define and address the illicitness of certain types of behavior that seemed to hover just beyond its grasp.