'''Obscenity''' is a speech act or image which evokes disgust or revulsion in a reasonable amount of the population. It is also a legal category of speech, nominally "unprotected" under modern [[first amendment]] [[law]]. The category, however, defies neat legal classification.<ref>''Redrup v. New York'' (deciding obscenity cases on a case-by-case basis, without promulgating a general rule.</ref>
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'''Obscenity''' is a speech act or image which evokes disgust or revulsion in a reasonable amount of the population.
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==US law==
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It is also a legal category of speech, nominally "unprotected" under modern [[first amendment]] [[law]]. The category, however, defies neat legal classification.<ref>''Redrup v. New York'' (deciding obscenity cases on a case-by-case basis, without promulgating a general rule.</ref>