how to pronounce пошлость

/ˈpoʂɫəsʲtʲ/

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пошлость is pronounced in two syllables

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tʲ

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An example use of пошлость in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… конечно дичь полная пошлость вязать и …”

meanings of пошлость

noun:

Vulgarism.
Vulgarity.

пошлость frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word пошлость occurs in russian on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.