[Query from a List member.  SES]
 
I don't know whether asking such question here is appropriate, but here I go:

What could be an antonym of poshlost? In Russian especially, but could be a
word play mixing several languages, with consideration of etymology perhaps.
(Poshlost coming from "common people" in Russian?)

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