crudeness

plural crudenesses

1. uncountableThe state of being crude

   Gramsci was well aware of the crudeness of the forms in which Marxism was most commonly taught and preached.

   1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 239

2. countableA crude act or characteristic.

   We will never eliminate the crudenesses, the anti-intellectual rules, the mucker pose in higher education, until we give the universities back to faculty and students.

   1960 September 17, Henry Steele Commager, “Is Ivy Necessary?”, in Saturday Review, volume 43, page 86