Depravation (Noun)
Meaning
Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The city's underbelly was notorious for its depravity, where crime and vice ran rampant.
- The politician's scandalous affair was seen as a symbol of the depravity that had infected the government.
- The novel explored the depravity of the wealthy elite, who used their power to exploit and manipulate others.
- The once-great civilization had succumbed to depravity, its people more concerned with indulging their base desires than with upholding moral principles.
- The journalist's exposé revealed a culture of depravity within the organization, where corruption and abuse of power were rampant.