Black
Black adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Usage example: the black deeds of the brigands along the Scottish border
Objectionable and black are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Objectionable" instead an adjective "Black".
Objectionable
Objectionable adjective - Provoking or likely to provoke protest.
Black and objectionable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Black" instead an adjective "Objectionable".
Nearby Word: objection
Both words in one sentence
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Many Republicans, especially Preston Blair's faction, are voting for the amendment only because they hope it will end the war sooner, even if they personally find the idea of black equality objectionable.
Source: Film / Lincoln -
Mahatma Gandhi was a wise political leader who did much to improve the lives of his fellow Indians, but also openly despised the native Black population of South Africa (where he began his career as an attorney), though his racism wouldn't have been seen as objectionable in the 1940s.
- When The Who released Quadrophenia in the country in 1973, the censor removed liner notes for objectionable lyrics, deleted "Doctor Jimmy", and painted a Black Bra and Panties over the naked women on the posters in Jimmy's room — by hand.
Source: Censorship Bureau
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