noun
- A wild or unrefined state.
- synonyms: crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness
- An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement.
- usage: "the whole town was famous for its crudeness"
- synonyms: crudity, gaucheness
- An unpolished unrefined quality.
- usage: "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
- synonyms: roughness
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